Richards.Bob wrote:
Timothy,
Great post! And as one who is tracking software billing
charges for my shop, I can absolutely concur with *all*
of your observations.
Great! Let's get the story out in a strong,
entertaining way.
You missed an option, an ELA/ESSO. My current 2006 charges
are actually *LESS* than they were for all of last year and
we are upgrading every CEC in the shop to z9. And this is
*before* we have exploited our zAAPs, our IFLs, the future
zIIPs and new releases of DB2, CICS, MQ and z/OS!
I am actually a little concerned that I may be able to beat
the monthly ELA charges, leaving some money on the table.
For training, right? Glad to hear it!
Finally, your comments on distributed software are also (to
quote the Brits) spot on! Per processor licenses? YUCK!
Bob
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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