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Eric,
In IBM's defense, they do have a very good program for developers
in their ParterWorld program. I've been a member for years as an
individual. In fact, under this program I'm now in the process of
obtaining a new Power i system to replace my i5. All I'm paying is a
lease payment (on very favorable terms) for the hardware and IBM is
tossing in a ton of software (list price in excess of $60k) for FREE.
In my book, that's a very good deal.
The only catch is that you have to have at least one viable product
under development with a plan for introducing it in the marketplace in
a fairly short period of time. This is IBM's way of making sure that
they don't get taken advantage of and in my opinion it is not a lot
for them to ask.
In my case, for a monthly payment of less that $200, I get a brand
new system and a ton of software to work with. We've been qualified
for ParterWorld for Developers for a long time, but IBM still keeps
after us to maintain and update the products that we continue to
develop so that we can continue to qualify.
I know that Garry's situation may be a bit different, but I think
all he needs to do to qualify is work up some of his ideas for
products (and he has several already, I've been working with him on a
few) to IBM's satisfaction and he can easily qualify. Maybe they do
things differently in the UK?
Rich Loeber
Kisco Information Systems
http://www.kisco.com
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Quoting elehti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Garry Taylor's article resonates!
Developing for IBM i: Why Does It Need To Be So Hard?
http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh062810-story03.html
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