>The user had to pay for IMS based on the size of the processor.... Yes, in the late 1980s.
Fast forward to the 2000s and there's subcapacity workload-based licensing, for IMS and just about everything else. Now I'm not arguing that it's the perfect answer in every situation, but it's relatively new and much more business-friendly, IMHO. - - - - - Timothy F. Sipples Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries IBM Japan Ltd. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
