Re: Old CDs (was Re: OS/400 V5R1 install problem)

[John Ross <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am not a lawyer but trying to convince a software company that the copy
of the CD's that are being sent around the world is just a backup copy
might be a tough sell. :) There is still the clause about how many
computers it can be installed/used on at the same time. And upgrading to
new versions you ether have to keep or destroy the earlier version.

Now for software that has keys by serial number of the computer you might
get away with it. But you might as well just store the CD image on the
Internet and let them be downloaded and use a CD burner to make a CD. And I
think IBM should have a copy on the Internet. When I was going upgrading to
V5R1 I had a bad CD, luckily I had another set for another AS/400 I used to
finish it. But if it was a production AS/400 and only one set of CD's I
would of had to restore from tape and wait until I got a new set of CD's.
Or hope IBM had a way to get me a new set during the weekend.

Also before V4R4 (I think, might be V4R5) the CD's only had the software
you paid for or was included in the OS. An example if you did not pay for
SQL, Query, COBOL, RPG, PDM, it was not on the CD's, unless you got the
"Gold CD's" from an IBM office. I think you could get around the problem if
you where just using it to upgrade real quick.

John Ross


At 04:29 PM 10/2/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> From: Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@netscape.net>
>
> Having the CDs can be a problem. It'd sure be nice if we had a "clearing
> house" that maintained a list of locations willing to share old CDs.
>
> ===> we wouldn't need all that many CDs.
> If people with old CDs would make a backup copy of the CDs (allowed
> by law I think), and send the old CDs to a central "place" (anyone of us)
> we could with a few days have such a clearing house.