>I know of at least one ISV that charges a remarkably low flat rate for all of >their software, regardless of size or speed of mainframe.
IBM does (did?) that for NOTES and (IIRC) WebSphere. The cost was per CPU, whether stand-alone, or in a multi-processor configuration. This was after NALC and before the late (unlamented) ILM. - -teD O-KAY! BLUE! JAYS! Let's PLAY! BALL! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

