Re: RDi licensing - single PC and multiple AS400's

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buck wrote:
> Currently, there is one *official* IBM program to upgrade from ADTS to 
> RDi: 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS208-164 
>   I can't really understand it.  I think if I buy new hardware I get a 
> discount on RDi.
>   
What happened is that IBM came through on the two promises they made in 
Raleigh: first, there will be a developer box with a single license of 
the tools.  Second, you will be able to upgrade from ADTS to RDi.  
George mentioned both of these at OCEAN as well.

The 620 Express is the developer's box - it contains a single seat of 
just about everything (except RDi-SOA for Java, which is the newly 
announced replacement for the full-blown WDSC package).  Not perfect - I 
wanted a free copy on every machine - but it's a pretty attractive offer 
nonetheless.

The ADTS to RDi upgrade is separate.  Any ADTS licenses can be upgraded 
to RDi for a discount of about 40% or so.  I think George said the final 
price was just under $450.  Again, not perfect, but better than full price.

> It's been reported that several IBMers want to give discounts to move 
> from WDSC to RDi, but the details have not been *officially* released 
> yet that I know of.
>   
There are no plans for an upgrade from WDSC to RDi; they're different 
tools with different purposes.  As I noted, there is a new package, 
RDi-SOA for Java, which pretty much fits the niche that WDSC fell into.  
Since you didn't pay for WDSC in the first place, I don't expect an 
upgrade option.


> >    but if one of my customers buy a new system which comes with RDI,
> >    will I still be able to use WDSC7 to connect to their machine ?
> >     
>
> I'd love an official answer to this question, but my guess is that you 
> can connect with both WDSC and RDi.  It depends on how IBM packaged the 
> 'back end' that runs on the i.  If 5733-RDI has different code than 
> 5722-WDS, then maybe not.
>   

I will find out about this.  What you're asking about is 5722WDS feature 
code 60.  I don't know whether it's the same feature in 5761WDS, and 
which of the 5761WDS components (ILE? Heritage?) include it, if any.  If 
IBM thought it through, they'd keep it as 5761WDS feature 60 separate 
from 5733RDI and then phase it out with releases after 2010.

Joe