RE: The Cost of RT?
Kenn,
I encourage my clients to purchase their own software, runtime or otherwise. This is for those who need control of their software application, independent of the consultant (If you kick the bucket, they'd have to buy it anyway). Thus most of these client's are the end user's of the software.
Depending upon development costs and the size of the organization, the price can be (but not necessarily) be a drop in the bucket. It certainly has been previously. Mine you, we are still only talking about 1 or 2 good desktop systems worth of cost.
It's important to make sure any platform that I use continue through the future, and helping the revenue stream for them (Alpha) helps me and the client in the long run. Of course, you have to weigh the plus and minuses for the client and yourself.
For turnkey applications, where the end user would never have access to the code, and no rights except to use it, and the code is not solely for 1 client, is where a runtime license would be under my control.
The one item I think I'd like to see Alpha have is a developer's 2 or 3 system runtime, not for distribution. This would allow testing of an application's under the runtime, making sure they get it right, before buying a distribution license (which is really what a runtime is all about anyway). I'd also like to see a way under XBasic to limit the maximum of concurrent users beyond what the runtime allows (There are ways to do this, but Alpha could do it internally a lot simpler). Thus, I can control how many licenses that an end-user might run of my application.
Regards,
Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]
Kenn,
I encourage my clients to purchase their own software, runtime or otherwise. This is for those who need control of their software application, independent of the consultant (If you kick the bucket, they'd have to buy it anyway). Thus most of these client's are the end user's of the software.
Depending upon development costs and the size of the organization, the price can be (but not necessarily) be a drop in the bucket. It certainly has been previously. Mine you, we are still only talking about 1 or 2 good desktop systems worth of cost.
It's important to make sure any platform that I use continue through the future, and helping the revenue stream for them (Alpha) helps me and the client in the long run. Of course, you have to weigh the plus and minuses for the client and yourself.
For turnkey applications, where the end user would never have access to the code, and no rights except to use it, and the code is not solely for 1 client, is where a runtime license would be under my control.
The one item I think I'd like to see Alpha have is a developer's 2 or 3 system runtime, not for distribution. This would allow testing of an application's under the runtime, making sure they get it right, before buying a distribution license (which is really what a runtime is all about anyway). I'd also like to see a way under XBasic to limit the maximum of concurrent users beyond what the runtime allows (There are ways to do this, but Alpha could do it internally a lot simpler). Thus, I can control how many licenses that an end-user might run of my application.
Regards,
Ira J. Perlow
Computer Systems Design & Associates
[email protected]
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