Or does "per install" mean each and every linux server? "Christmas is a funny season. What other time of the year do you sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of your socks?" Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company
> ---------- > From: Mark Post > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 12:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements > > This interesting little tidbit showed up today. It says that the per-CPU > licensing for SLES8 on iSeries and pSeries is being changed to > "per-install." (The announcement also uses the term "per-server install.") > > Perhaps someone from IBM could comment on this. Does this mean that if > someone uses the hypervisor to create (for example) 10 Linux LPARs, they > would be charged for 10 licenses, when they might have been charged much > less on a per-CPU basis? It's rather vague, and I don't want to spread > misinformation if I can avoid it. > > > Thanks, > > Mark Post > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM iSource [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Software > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > _ 203342 Prices restructured: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for > iSeries and pSeries (5.1KB) > http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=203-342 > >
