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if(Money == RUP || $$$ == IBM || RMC == Cash){Your Golden}else{Go OpenUP};

posted Friday, 7 September 2007
 

Wow... IBM's pricing for using the Rational Unified Process and the Rational Method Composer stinks.

 

If you can see it, you got to pay for it.  I am so glad SPARX EA is more down to earth.  I can't imagine having to have a license for every manager, customer, and developer that needs to look at the final documentation generated by the tool.

 

I get that the material is copyrighted, but at least cut the pure viewers some slack on the $405.00 license.  I think the RMC is definitely worth the $405.00 because it is a tool used for tailoring.  But cut the little guy a break and give us a viewing license for $50.00.  Your still going to clean up, and you might even get more people to actually pay attention to the licensing model.

 

Until then, we'll be tailoring the OpenUP.  At least I can thank IBM for that.

 

This post, this post, and this post tell the rest of the story. …. …  Big Bucks, No Whammies!!!

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