IBM'S DECISION WILL COST YOU

["Patricia Haberman" <Patricia.Haberman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Has anyone heard about this?  What do you think?

IBM'S DECISION WILL COST YOU
We want to let you know about a decision that IBM recently made. When you
upgrade to OS/400 V5R1, you will have to license the IBM Media and Storage
Extensions (MSE) feature to run any backup and recovery software program,
including Robot/SAVE. This is because IBM has now included a necessary tapeexit 
API in MSE. This API was FREE for many years. Now, IBM wants you to pay for it. 
The license for this feature will cost you about $1,000 per
machine...... If
you would like to voice your concerns to IBM, write to Kimberly Stevenson,
Vice President, iSeries, Marketing, Server Group. Her e-mail address is
kantwell@us.ibm.com. She can reverse this decision, if she wants to.

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