Re: Cost of 4.2

[ywexler@xxxxxxx]

John Bussert wrote:
> 
> Is it just me, or is IBM trying to NOT have people upgrade to 4.2.  Many
> customers just went to 4.1 and now 4.2 is out.  With a pretty good sized
> charge to go to it.  Even in the developers program there is a better than
> 2.5K charge.  That is pretty steep, especially when you know 4.3 will be
> out before the end of the year.
> 
> John Bussert
> jbussert@stecnet.com
> Swift Technologies, Inc.
> 847-289-8339
> 
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> uucp
John,
I find too, the rates IBM charges for upgrading V3.6/7 to V4 are too
high. For a 530 model they demanded $130K from us.
The situation is even harder for sites with some AS/400's. They
annulated the DLO arrangement, meanning reduced cost for multiple
AS/400's.
May be user groups, must do something about.
Yossi Wechsler
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