RE: AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee

Angus,
We went from a 2180-620 to a 2061/1502-720 with 110 users, and as far as i
can remember we didn't have to pay anything extra to do with the number of
users.
Its the first i've heard of it, and to be frank, find it outrageous!  What's
the minimum no of users they are wanting?  In my experience they'll soon
buckle under some hard bargaining...

Also for your info, the physical upgrade is a piece of cake, its just a
processor cage swap, and takes less than an hour.   JBA were quoting us a
couple of k for "upgrade assistance", but your CE will do the hardware swap
for nothing!

Oh, and make sure you have your new licence keys before you start.....nearly
caught me out!

Regards,
Stuart
                                     
Stuart Allen
European Systems Analyst
Fellowes

mailto:sallen@fellowes.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Windows/Angus/Angus  On Behalf Of Angus Appleby - Unwins Seeds
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 10:41 AM
> To:   'JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee
> 
> I am looking to upgrade my AS/400 620-2175 to (probably) a 720 machine. We
> currently have a user licence of 50 users on System 21 and dont want or
> require any more. JBA want to charge us a large fee based on a minimum
> user count of the machine we want to upgrade to. Have any of you come
> across a similar situation? Any ideas/suggestions on how to get the costs
> down?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Angus
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