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Re: Platinum ERwin: Cost

From: Daniel A. Thompson <dthompson_at_loderdrew.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 09:01:37 -0700
Message-ID: <37248DE1.B9698356@loderdrew.com>


The department head in which the class is going to be taugh should contact ERwin and explain how Penn St is going to teach all these further managers there product and how ERwin could get lots of publicity and maybe a tax deduction, etc, etc. ERwin should give you a couple of copies.

Patrick Lanphier wrote:

> 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 - 11:01:37 CDT

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