On Wed, 9 Sep 2015 16:00:27 +0000, J O Skip Robinson wrote: >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. > >Note: this a customer's view of the world, not an official IBM pronouncement. >
"Single Version Charging (SVC)" http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/swprice/subcap/corner2.html "Migration Pricing Option (MPO)" http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/z/resources/swprice/reference/announce.html Norbert Friemel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
