Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-18 Thread Kevin Gates
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Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-17 Thread Adam Thornton
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 18:05, Alan Cox wrote: Wouldn't this depend on the price per instance and the number of instances, as well as the availability of both options ? Well, I believe that there are few (note: I'm *not* saying no) good reasons to run Linux/390 in any context other than VM. And,

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Kevin Gates
I am a Suse Premier Channel Partner and resell their software everyday. The term server means one physical box. I have copied the following from the Suse pricebook for 2004 to help clarify: Enterprise Server 8 for IBM iSeries, incl. 1 year Maintenance Program for 1 server (up to 8 CPUs

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Adam Thornton
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 16:43, Kevin Gates wrote: Enterprise Server 8 for IBM iSeries, incl. 1 year Maintenance Program for 1 server (up to 8 CPUs each) and Installationkit , International (German,English) So you can see that when you purchase SLES8 you can have as many instances as you can

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Kevin Gates
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Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Mark Post
That is good news. It was what I _hoped_ the IBM announcement meant. Thanks for the clarification. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Gates Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: IBM

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Mark Post
. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kevin Gates Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements I just happened to be on the phone with Suse when this came

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Adam Thornton
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 17:56, Mark Post wrote: Kevin, I think Adam was hoping for the same change for zSeries as the i/pSeries: one license charge for one physical box, not one license charge per instance. Even so, I don't see how SUSE could make that change either, given the relatively

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Mark Post
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 17:56, Mark Post wrote: Kevin, I think Adam was hoping for the same change for zSeries as the i/pSeries: one license charge for one physical box, not one license charge per instance. Even so, I don't see how

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Kevin Gates
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Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Jim Elliott
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

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Mark Post
will be my recommendation from here on out. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Elliott Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements This interesting little tidbit

Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements

2003-12-16 Thread Kevin Gates
cc: Sent by: Linux onSubject: Re: FW: IBM iSource -- U.S. Announcements 390 Port [EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU 12/16/2003 05:37 PM