Re: Platinum ERwin: Cost

Patrick,

    Have you looked at alternatives such as Popkin's System Architect?

I know that Temple is using it and that Popkin has a student version with limited capabilities at a price that even students on a tight budget can afford.

regards

Jerry Gitomer

Patrick Lanphier wrote in message <3724A77E.A35CCF2B_at_psu.edu>...
>We here at The Pennsylvania State University would like to use ERwin for
our CACTUS project and then
>go on to teach database modeling with ERwin in the future, however, we can
not afford to even buy
>two copies of ERwin at $2865.00 with their large discount of 18% (just
kidding) and maintenance of
>$695.00 on each license which I believe they said could not be discounted.
We would also like to
>use the Modelmart with a price tag of $9,500 with it's 5% discount. This
comes to a total price tag
>of $16,620 which is unreasonable in academia. Many of you would probably
think this discounting
>would be reasonable, however, in academia this is unacceptable, if you
would like to see your
>children learn the latest tools before they get out of college so that they
can have a step up in
>getting the job they desire in this field then we can not allow this to
happen. If you have a
>contact at Platinum that could truly assist me or would like to contact
Platinum yourself, it would
>be greatly appreciated.
>
>Patrick Lanphier
>Advanced Information Technologies
>The Pennsylvania State University
Received on Mon Apr 26 1999 - 11:09:28 CDT