RE: Ordering CODE/400 w/o AS/400 S/N - Update

[Jon.Paris@xxxxxx]

 >> Thought I would give an update for those of you interested in this
thread.  I haven't given up yet, but it doesn't look too promising.

I met with some of the Toronto Lab folks just before Christmas and they
confirmed that the arrangement for individuals to purchase the product has
"broken".  It relied on the Business Partner using his own AS/400's to
supply the needed serial number.  As I understand it, somebody in IBM
(probably some idiot lawyer) decided that this was not kosher and the
scheme was terminated.

For those of you who are contractors, I can only suggest that you work with
one of the customers where you intend to use the product and ask them to
let you use their serial number.

Normally I would suggest that you use the demo version to convince them to
buy it anyway BUT I'm told that now the price is so low the decision has
been made to not offer a demo version.  This would be OK if you could buy
the $#@!% thing!!  Since you can't, I think that this is one scenario where
using a borrowed copy of the software for a temporary period might be
justified.  It is certainly a practice that IBM's marketing is going to
encourage!

Steps are being taken to remedy the situation, but it will take a while.
The long term answer is to package the stuff as a PC product, but that will
take time.  Either that or Rochester have to decide to allow AS/400
software to be ordered without a serial number.  It is this fact (that
Code/400 is classed as AS/400 software) that is at the root of the whole
problem.

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