Eric, As it relates to mainframe software, S&S is for *IPLA* products only. To see which z/OS products are IPLA, follow this link:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/library/swpriceinfo/ipla.h tml and click on the Execution-Based, Reference-Based or z/OS-Based tabs. For a good explanation of S&S, see the following video: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/info/television/index.jsp?lang=en_us&ite m=xml/Z382566F64946Q75.xml (watch the wrap on this one) If you still have questions after this, please don't hesitate to ask. Bob --------------------------------------------------------- Robert B. Richards (Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Going unsupported - time to fold? Timothy, What exactly is the S&S? Is that the question and answer subscription where you can ask questions of support other than product defect questions? Maybe you could provide a link to an explanation. Also, it sounds like if you discontinue the service, you then have to pay for all the time you didn't have it when you resubscribe. That doesn't make sense. If you don't pay for it and don't use it, why would you have to pay for all the time you didn't use it? snippage Eric Bielefeld Sr. z/OS Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
