Re: With the dropping of a few features from IBM i are there vendor software concerns? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: With the dropping of a few features from IBM i are there vendor software concerns?
From: VERNON HAMBERG Owner <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:39:57 -0700
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"Shareware" is the term used on the WRKDBF website to describe it. Bill Reger is/was the developer, I don't know more than that. The term may be wrongly used, of course, by current practices.

Cheers
Vern

On Wed, 25 Sep, 2024 at 12:33 PM, James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On 9/25/24 9:09 AM, Dan Bale wrote:

WRKDBF is shareware, not open source. Free to use for 31 days; $499
per serial number afterwards.

Then it isn't truly shareware, either. QuestView will spot you a
short-term authorization code, too, but we consider it to be purely a
commercial product.

--
JHHL

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