Re: WAS 3.5 - Upgrade run around

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

We actually kept the CD's, etc, from the 3 times that we ordered WAS3.5. 
That's what saved our bacon.

Rob Berendt
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WAS 3.5 - Upgrade run around






I read the following:

IBM to End Free WAS 3.5-to-WAS Express Upgrade Offer 

If you're running WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5, and you're 
considering the
move to WebSphere Application Server Express Version 5 for iSeries, you 
had better get a
move on. IBM announced last week that April 13 will mark the end of its 
no-cost upgrade
offer for customers moving from the Standard Edition 3.X for iSeries to 
WAS Express 5 for
iSeries. IBM, under pressure from users who were not happy with WAS 
Version 4, was
allowing customers who had obtained WAS Standard Edition 3.5 by January 28 
to get free
upgrades to WAS Express 5 for iSeries, which shipped last February. IBM 
gave customers
copies of WAS Standard Edition 3.X with OS/400 licenses, which led to a 
decent adoption
rate. However, IBM pulled that offer with the roll-out of WAS 4, which 
cost $8,000 per
CPU and turned out to be a CPW resource hog. The development of WAS 
Express 5 for iSeries
filled the need for a low-cost, entry-level Java application server on the 
iSeries (in
IBM's mind, at least, but certainly not in those of competitors in the 
midrange that sell
alternatives). Support ended for WAS 3.5 last November. After April 13, 
iSeries shops
will have to pay the full price to get WAS Express, which currently goes 
for $25 per
intranet user, or $2,000 per CPU for an unlimited license
http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh011904-story05.html 

since I wont the upgrade I thought I would request it from my business 
partner after a
few emails they came back and said ISM does not show me licensed for WAS. 
No kidding is
that because they took it away during the upgrade to V5R2 
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/support/planning/v5r2software.html 

so I thought I would go to iSeries nation, after a month he comes back and 
says we do not
show you are licensed for WAS ask your business partner. 

I thought someone had posted a magic code word you needed to say when 
ordering this to
keep this from happening, if anyone knows the secret code please let me 
know it. 


John Ross
IBM Certified Specialist AS/400 RPG IV Programmer
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