Donnie, Unless your friend needs to test his software using very large files and/or under concurrent user loads greater than 2 users, he can use the PE version.
According to the IBM web site, re the Personal Edition: "This edition is designed for single-user personal development and training as well as sales demos. It is not for remarketing or use in production environments." I think that "to see the differences in the windows vs linux versions and see how the performance compared" would be considered both "personal development and training". Otherwise, he can request an evaluation version *at no charge* with more than 2 user licenses (I don't know what the user limit is or if there is one), and the evaluation version does not have the file-size restrictions of the PE version. The evaluation version license is limited to 60 days, but it can be renewed. It sounds to me like your friend needs to have another talk with his vendor to get the full story on what his options are. We're an IBM Reseller, and we'll be glad to help if we can. Dave Dave Taylor President Sysmark Information Systems, Inc. 49 Aspen Way Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274 800-SYSMARK (800-797-6275) (O) 310-544-1974 (C) 310-561-5200 (P) 800-339-1497 (F) 310-377-3550 Your Source for Integrated EDI Translation and DataSync Integration www.sysmarkinfo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Jacobs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:44 AM Subject: RE: [U2][UV]Low user count Universe license available? > Their commercial product runs on the linux version. I think the goal was > to see the differences in the windows vs linux versions and see how the > performance compared. I've since talked to him and he was aware of the > limitations of the PE version. At this point, I suspect that he'll > probably just buy whatever the lowest user count license he can get from > his vendor and do his evaluations with that. > > Thanks for the replies. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Phillips > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 8:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2][UV]Low user count Universe license available? > > Hi Donnie, > > > Are there limitations with the personal editions with regards to file > > sizes / record counts / etc.. He tends to deal with LARGE files. They > > make heavy use of distributed files with record counts getting into > the > > several million range. If there are no such limitations, then the > > personal edition may be an option. > > The Personal Edition has a low file size limit that is likely to be a > serious problem here. More importantly, it sounds like this is a > commercial > project and not just an educational exercise. If you use the PE, you > could > look forward to a visit from IBM's lawyers! > > > Martin Phillips > Ladybridge Systems > 17b Coldstream Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton NN4 6DB > +44-(0)1604-709200 > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
