| IDL license costs in europe? [message #70371] |
Sun, 11 April 2010 13:28  |
markb77
Messages: 217
Registered: July 2006
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hi everyone,
I've recently moved to an academic research institution in Germany and
I asked our system administrator if he would install a floating
network license for IDL, which I've been using for several years as a
graduate student in the US. I was shocked when he told me that the
price for a single user floating network license is 3000 euros, after
our institution's 30% discount! This is almost 10 times the cost of
the same license in the United States!
Is this consistent with other people's experience? It it just in
Germany where the cost is so high?
thanks,
Mark Bates
Post-doctoral reseracher
Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
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| Re: IDL license costs in europe? [message #70447 is a reply to message #70371] |
Tue, 13 April 2010 05:25  |
markb77
Messages: 217
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> I never thought that's the difference is soo big. Thx for telling us.
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> What do you have to pay for the support per year for getting updates in
> the US?
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> cheers
> Reimar
Annual maintenance contracts are the same as the initial price, in the
US at least. That's currently $300 for a node-locked license, $480
for a single user floating network license. Those are academic
prices, mind you.
Mark
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| Re: IDL license costs in europe? [message #70448 is a reply to message #70371] |
Tue, 13 April 2010 01:31 |
R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998
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markbates schrieb:
> hi everyone,
>
> I've recently moved to an academic research institution in Germany and
> I asked our system administrator if he would install a floating
> network license for IDL, which I've been using for several years as a
> graduate student in the US. I was shocked when he told me that the
> price for a single user floating network license is 3000 euros, after
> our institution's 30% discount! This is almost 10 times the cost of
> the same license in the United States!
>
> Is this consistent with other people's experience? It it just in
> Germany where the cost is so high?
I never thought that's the difference is soo big. Thx for telling us.
What do you have to pay for the support per year for getting updates in
the US?
cheers
Reimar
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| Re: IDL license costs in europe? [message #70461 is a reply to message #70371] |
Mon, 12 April 2010 09:27 |
Maarten[1]
Messages: 176
Registered: November 2005
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On Apr 11, 10:28 pm, markbates <mark...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this consistent with other people's experience? It it just in
> Germany where the cost is so high?
Nope, similar amount in the Netherlands, depending on the size of the
site. And people still wonder why some are looking for alternatives.
Maarten Sneep
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