RE: mntr.retryValue in admin.properties file for WebSphere 3.5

Frances, perhaps you can answer a question.  Two posts on the IBM site have
us wondering about the future of WebSphere for the iSeries 400.

"Version 4.0 brings together the functions of Version 3 Standard Edition and
Enterprise Edition into a single product."
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/about.html

"WebSphere Application Server, V4.0 - available beginning June 30, for
$8,000 (single server) $12,000 (multi-server)"
http://www-4.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/pr_version4.html

Given these two statements, it would seem to indicate that there will no
longer be a free version of WebSphere for the iSeries.  Over at Midrange
Computing, David Abramowitz brought up the point that WebSphere Development
Studio contains the standard edition of WebSphere, and also contains SEU,
PDM, et al on V5R1. If you are on software subscription for these tools, do
you get WebSphere 4.0? There are a few options I see:

1. WebSphere 4.0 will be part of base OS/400 (thus giving the AS/400 a
decided edge over other servers with a perceived $8000 per CPU bonus).

2. Some sort of watered-down WebSphere 4.0 (a "Standard Edition" not
available on other machines) will be made part of the base package. This
sort of defeats the cross-platform aspects, but still makes the AS/400 an
attractive non-EJB server.

3. WebSphere 4.0 will not be supported except as an additional price LPP.
Maybe V3.5 will be shipped, but no longer enhanced.

4. IBM ships a free "developer's edition" of WebSphere 4.0. This is probably
some sort of session-limited version, which means you can develop but not
stress-test your applications. Perhaps this is what will be available in the
base OS/400.

I'd be interested to hear what IBM has to say about all this.


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