Brian, I'm not clear on what you're trying to say. There is no product, WebSphere. WS is a brand name that IBM has slapped on a zillion products. If you have Commerce Broker and want to upgrade to the latest versions, you license WS Transformation Extender with Launcher 8.1 and Trading Manager 7.8 plus the appropriate EDI standards pack. This is no different than Commerce Broker. CB was just a marketing package that included the same pieces I cited above with different names. Nothing has changed except the names and packaging.
AFAIK, the Mercator/DataStage TX/WebSphere Transformation Extender products have never been marketed to SMEs and the pricing has always reflected that. The pricing is comparable to Sterling Commerce's pricing. As far as jobs, it appears to me that requirements have increased. I announced my availability a few days ago and have been submitted for 5 engagements. And one is in NYC. That's never happened to me before that I can recall. Jim Divoky --- In [email protected], Brian Lehrhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think what IBM wants is to only support Mercator in an edi enviroment in a Websphere setting. If you have Commerce Broker, you either buy Websphere (no upgrade path or pricing available) or go get another translator product. I've been through three "our way or the highway" deals in the last three months, and each time the customer opted to dump and replace. At a very large price. The attitude that IBM has is worse than what Ascential had. IBM just doesn't care about the small and mid-sized customers. It's very sad. And whomever is doing the pricing must be doing some real nice pharmaceuticals, because these prices are in the clouds. You can go price WTX on the IBM website. Go. Get sticker shock. It's really sad. > > The other side of this story is that there aren't jobs out there for > us. And, if there are no new sales, there won't be any more new jobs. It's time to learn a new product and to move on. Maybe webMethods? ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
