Alan Field wrote: >We have TSM 5.x but when we went to order 5.3 we were told >the licencsing had been changed from MLC to an one time charge >equal to about 7 years of MLC. >Management said NO.
Ah, OK -- MLC to OTC. Making much more sense now -- thanks for helping me understand the issue. Some more general-case comments: 1. There were some products in the past -- Tivoli System Automation is an example, maybe? -- that announced OTC licensing after years of MLC. However, there was also the option for customers to stay with MLC as I recall. Doesn't hurt to ask if that's what you'd prefer to do. 2. You might look at those past cases to see what the conversion rate was (how many years of MLC). 3. After all that, use financing (e.g. IBM Global Financing) to keep payments level if you don't want to deal with a big lump sum. Understandably many businesses don't like getting hit with that big upfront charge. I think I understand why OTC licensing is available for TSM and why there'd be a demand for such terms. That said, I hope the above information is useful. - - - - - 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
