What I got out of the presentation was that NEON reviewed publically available contracts from IBM (yours may be different of course) and there was nothing explicitly stated in the contracts limiting the workloads that could be run on a zIIP/zAAP. There may have been wording as to "Designated Workloads" but the definition was not in the contract.
There was some talk about zPrime not affecting (i.e. moving) IBM or other third party software to the zIIP/zAAP. NEON did state that if a user does not (or no longer) realizes a benefit from using zPrime you can cancel the contract and get a prorated portion of your money back. I guess what it all comes down to is the "letter of the law" vs. "intent of the law". Ken Porowski -----Original Message----- Jeff Holst The remarks I have seen from IBM seem to be saying that if a company runs software that allows software to run on specialty engines (ZIIPs or ZAAPs) that IBM did not intend to be permitted to run there, then that company (not NEON) would be in violation of their licensing agreements with IBM. IBM could then include the MSU from the specialty engines in calculating the software charges for that company. So NEON could very well be in the clear, but the user of zPRIME would be at risk. Did NEON address that in their webinar? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
