RE: Software Vendors

Why would anyone not take out an IBM maintenance contract. Is it
expensive?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 3:25 PM
>To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject: Re: Software Vendors
>
>
>You can't do that if you don't have a maintenance contract with
>IBM.  You have to use their fax service.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim Langston
>
>Colin Williams wrote:
>
>> I haven't personally ordered a CUM tape in years, but I seem 
>to remember
>> that you just needed to log on to IBM via the ECS line, and take the
>> option to order the latest CUM tape, and about a week later it would
>> appear, no charge, on the correct media too! No problemo!
>>
>> Has that changed?
>
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