Gerald, One hundred MySQL licenses still works out to $90.00 USD. Even if it worked out to half that would still leave me with no margin and so no compensation for my time. I am trying to find a way of using MySQL in a very low cost market and still have still have pocket change after each sale. The current pricing scheme does not support this market and I am hoping that MySQL is open to suggestions to allow it to support that market.
John -----Original Message----- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 3:13 PM To: John Griffin Cc: David Axmark; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql Buy a hundred at a time. John Griffin wrote: >Actually, I am trying to address the problem of having to buy a $200 MySQL license >for every $50 software product I sell. If you have a solution for this problem I >would like to know what it is. This is a licensing issue that I haven't found a good >solution for. > >John > >-----Original Message----- >From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 2:49 PM >To: John Griffin >Cc: David Axmark; Damir Dezeljin; MySQL List >Subject: Re: InterBase vs. Mysql > > >Well, then I would buy a $50.00 product using MySQL, and then >your $5000.00 product. Oh, and subtract the $500.00 license fee. >I already have a license. > >I prefer to pay a flat fee for each license, not a fee based on the >price of your software. > >John Griffin wrote: > > > >>Hello David, >> >>Since you were kind enough to clarify some matters on licensing I was hoping you >>would also be open to suggestions. Instead of charging a flat fee for each copy of >>MySQL that is resold why not charge a percentage up to a certain point. It might >>make it a bit easier for developers with inexpensive applications to choose your >>product. If I know that MySQL is going to be, for example, a constant ten percent of >>my sale cost I can price more competitively for the market. The is defiantly a boon >>for developers who are selling applications for the forty to sixty dollar market. As >>they say, ten percent of something is more than ten percent of nothing. >> >>If this pricing scheme will not work for MySQL can you please explain why? I am >>genuinely curious. >> >>John >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
