On Wednesday, 05/20/2009 at 11:57 EDT, "David L. Craig" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I must be missing something here. Shops that had it before > IBM decided to drop support (because there weren't any problems > to resolve) will continue to get it as they upgrade VM, but > new shops cannot get it for love nor money? Please, someone, > explain the rationale behind this. What are new shops supposed > to use instead and are existing shops expected to migrate to > that at some point? I'm not sure what you're looking for. The rationale comes directly from your license agreement. It is a license to use the software. You can pay a one-time charge (OTC) or monthly (MLC), depending on the software. We don't expect customers who have not previously used CMS/VSAM to start using it. Existing shops can migrate or not. If they find the value of the software exceeds the risk of running unsupported software, then they continue to pay. The OTC software is often more financially acceptable in this regard since you can stop paying for maintenence at any time, but you have what is essentially a perpetual license to use the software. (It can be revoked by IBM if you violate other terms of the agreement.) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
