The IBM announcement letter for HACP states " access to updates, releases, and versions of the program as long as support is in effect." ... so you just have to keep paying your annual maintenance. Good question how that applies to buying a back-level version (and that would come with support in effect for the first year).
On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 4:17 AM Farley, Peter x23353 < [email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Timothy. My "favorite search engine" actually only found one > distributor who actually publishes pricing for that part number, but there > was at least one. The rest all required one to submit an RPQ to reveal > pricing. > > Can you point to a page or document that describes the IBM policy for HACP > version upgrades? I am concerned that if I buy a copy but receive an > earlier-than-current version (e.g., V13.0 vs the more current V14.0) from a > non-IBM distributor that I would not be entitled to upgrade without another > charge. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Monday, May 30, 2022 3:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Pricing for a single-user copy of PCOMM? > > As you've already figured out, you license IBM Personal Communications via > the IBM Host Access Client Package ("HACP"). This license includes Personal > Communications (for Windows) and Host On-Demand for all supported platforms > (Linux, macOS, Windows, etc.) One license entitlement = one authorized > user. It's not per installation, so if there's only one of you then the > license quantity would be 1 even if you're going to use two PCs/laptops. If > your sibling for example wants to use this software then she/he would need > another license. > > You then need the IBM Passport Advantage part numbers, but I can help with > that. (You can find them in past announcement letters, but I looked them up > for you.) There are two part numbers of particular interest: > > D6152LL: new license with the first 12 months of Subscription & Support > D6154LL: trade up license with first 12 months S&S > > "Trade up" means you've got some other "competitive" software product that > this product is going to replace. You have to stop using whatever that > other product is. > > A search using (your favorite Internet search engine) finds multiple > distributors selling both of these part numbers, so the rest should be > fairly easy. > > Hope that helps! > -- > > > This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the > addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. > If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized > representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
