Re: Licence upgrade fee related to Harware change

Hi Gilbert,

Unfortunately, that has long been the IBM model, and JBA/Geac have just
followed suit.

If you upgrade your AS/400 you will not only have to pay additional fees to
Geac, but IBM will charge you more for OS/400 too.  (Someone please correct
me if this pricing policy has changed.)

You will also find that many 3rd party tools are tied to processor serial
numbers & performance factors too.

Technically, you are paying for Total Capacity.....not Utilization.   You
could do more, so you have to pay more...

In a disaster situation, you will find that most Vendors (even IBM) will be
very flexible with you, especially if a comparable model is no longer
available.  I would not expect 'free', but you might get lucky.

Hope that helps,
Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: <GManoovaloo@ibl.intnet.mu>
To: <JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:43 AM
Subject: Licence upgrade fee related to Harware change


> Wondering how you react  to the fact that  Geac might impose an 'upgrade
> fee' whenever  you need to upgrade
> your AS/400 (model change).  Such a situation often stems from IBM's
> decision to stop supporting a given series, but could also result from a
> disaster.
> As a user , you do not get any improvement/enhancement related to the
> application, but you still need to spend cash
> on the latter. Or am I questioning the obvious ?
> Any views will be appreciated .
>
> Regards
> Gilbert
>
>
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