Quoting Scott Dier (dieman at ringworld.org):
> * Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> [010117 00:37]:
> > >    Cost of Volution server licenses 	$269550
> 
> Why do you need 100 'servers'?
> 
> Dont you just need 1-2 'servers' and 100 'node' licenses? 
> 
> In many cases it looked like a year or two to 'break even'.  I still
> dont buy it tho.  It's much better to have clueful admins who can create
> a very decent framework for keeping maintanable machines, rather than
> trust an (expensive) closed source tool.
> 
> I suggest that you inculde a 7x24x4 support license into the cost when
> you price this beast.  Who knows how much that is. :)  20$ its how they
> want to make money.
> 

ahh, that is what it means servers and nodes. :-)



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