WAS 3.5 - Upgrade run around

I read the following:

IBM to End Free WAS 3.5-to-WAS Express Upgrade Offer 

If you're running WebSphere Application Server Version 3.5, and you're 
considering the
move to WebSphere Application Server Express Version 5 for iSeries, you had 
better get a
move on. IBM announced last week that April 13 will mark the end of its no-cost 
upgrade
offer for customers moving from the Standard Edition 3.X for iSeries to WAS 
Express 5 for
iSeries. IBM, under pressure from users who were not happy with WAS Version 4, 
was
allowing customers who had obtained WAS Standard Edition 3.5 by January 28 to 
get free
upgrades to WAS Express 5 for iSeries, which shipped last February. IBM gave 
customers
copies of WAS Standard Edition 3.X with OS/400 licenses, which led to a decent 
adoption
rate. However, IBM pulled that offer with the roll-out of WAS 4, which cost 
$8,000 per
CPU and turned out to be a CPW resource hog. The development of WAS Express 5 
for iSeries
filled the need for a low-cost, entry-level Java application server on the 
iSeries (in
IBM's mind, at least, but certainly not in those of competitors in the midrange 
that sell
alternatives). Support ended for WAS 3.5 last November. After April 13, iSeries 
shops
will have to pay the full price to get WAS Express, which currently goes for 
$25 per
intranet user, or $2,000 per CPU for an unlimited license
http://www.midrangeserver.com/tfh/tfh011904-story05.html  

since I wont the upgrade I thought I would request it from my business partner 
after a
few emails they came back and said ISM does not show me licensed for WAS.  No 
kidding is
that because they took it away during the upgrade to V5R2   
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/support/planning/v5r2software.html 
so I thought I would go to iSeries nation, after a month he comes back and says 
we do not
show you are licensed for WAS ask your business partner. 

I thought someone had posted a magic code word you needed to say when ordering 
this to
keep this from happening, if anyone knows the secret code please let me know 
it. 


John Ross
IBM Certified Specialist AS/400 RPG IV Programmer