1 Year Maintenance Fee for Intel Visual Fortran Professional

[lpartin1]

The 1 yr maintenancefee for the professional version is much higher than the standard version. $649 vs $200. The 1 yr fee is nearly what I paid for the upgrade from CVF pro to Intel pro.

Why is the fee so much more for pro? What should I expect to receive for the $649?

Thanks,

Lee

[TimP]

Somewhere back there in the archives of this forum, Steve explained IMSL fees passed through. If you don't need IMSL, you shouldn't pay so much.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Updates to the compiler as well as the IMSL component, which adds $900 to the cost of the compiler. Support renewal is based on a fixed fraction of the new license price ($1399 for IVF Pro.)

[lpartin1]

Is there really much going on withupdating of the IMSL library? It seems like a lot of money for little gain. What new features would I expect from the IMSL library?

If you have the pro version, are you allowed to get maintenance for standard version only?

Thanks,
Lee

[Steven_L_Intel1]

I know there is both maintenance and development of IMSL going on, but I can't speak to specific features. There is a new release of the compiler coming out this year which would have an updated IMSL.

I don't think you can get just the support renewal for Standard with a Pro license. You could always buy a Standard license, which is $499, and get the support renewal the year after for $200. You would no longer get updates to and support of IMSL.