About Passport Advantage and Passport Advantage Express

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy everyone!

(cross-posted to MIDRANGE-L and Ignite/400)

Just wondering who has working experience with these programs.  In order
to find out information, it seems I have to enroll, and I'm reluctant to
enroll because it wants me to accept agreements, and the agreements have
words like "payment" in them <grin>.


It seems that IBM is trying to roll all its software into this one plan,
but I wonder what that means for those of us who have already paid (in
some cases, pretty significantly) for software subscription.  It seems
to me that there are some inconsistencies with that traditional iSeries
software maintenance model.

Basic questions:

1. What kind of software do you get here?
1a. Workstation software, like WDSCi
1b. Host software, like 5722ST1
1c. Service packs
1d. PTFs

2. Does it cost anything additional for iSeries customers?

3. Does it work?

I understand that the Passport Advantage Express is basically is a "pay
as you go" program, in that you pay when you actually download
something.  It would seem to me that if I have an OS/400 license for
5722WDS and I go to download WDSCi, that I should not be charged.  Is
this your understanding?

Anything else you want to say about this program?

Joe