>> one DVD and do it in that manner. Or another method, borrowing from the PC >> world and in the mainframe world, CA, and give the customer an activation >> fee. If the fee is not entered, the product doesn't work. I get an >> activation code (or whatever it's called), once a year from CA for vmBackup. > >Dealing with product keys is a pain and I recall spending my days off >between X-mas and new years eve to request and install new keys for CA >products. It would be most unattractive if IBM would modify all >licensed products to require product keys. > >Burning a DVD is no rocket science anymore. IBM has enough operating >systems that are less affected by virus threats, so they could avoid >per-order DVD with a virus. But if you order the products, you get a >unique id to download the envelopes from IBM, don't you? What's the >problem with that? I can understand that downloading a full DVD of >z/VM is less attractive, but downloading the HLASM envelope is far >less than the average PC freebie.
How this will finally be delivered is still TBD. As I indicated, this is a known requirement that we continue to work to deliver a solution. Even though it sounds simple to burn DVDs, there are other complications here. As an alternative, VM licensed products thru the SDO and Shopz are available for electronic delivery. Best Regards, Les Geer IBM z/VM and Linux Development
