VERY helpful. Thanks! Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J O Skip Robinson Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2015 9:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS pricing question The crux of this question involves a 'version change', i.e. from V1 to V2. In general, not just for z/OS, IBM allows two versions to coexist for a period of time without charging separately. This period is normally one year, but in the case of z/OS V1 --> V2, an extra year has been granted in general to all customers. Meanwhile, the price for V1 has been adjusted to match that of V2, so there is no longer a financial incentive to remain down level. Once V2 is installed, the two-year clock starts ticking. Note that this rule is not about CECs or LPARs. It's about a customer account. If a customer is licensed for and installs V2, V1 needs to disappear altogether from the enterprise within two years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
