Re: WDSC changing to RDi

Mike Cunningham wrote:

That is what started this thread. There are NO entitlements to go from WDSC to RDi unless you purchased WDSC through Passport Advantage and most people did not do that, they got it as part of ADTS package. So if you're like my shop and started moving off SEU/SDA to WDSC your at a dead end with WDSC and have to buy new licenses to the new RDi product. You get entitlements to the SEU/SDA products when you move from V5R4 to V6R1 but not to RDi

This is untrue. Whoever told you this is working with out of date information. IBM will provide an "upgrade" price from ADTS to RDi. I have been told by Todd Britton, the Director of Products and Strategy, that the upgrade price will be less than $795, but more than zero. I fought very hard for a free upgrade, IBM continues to balk at the idea. I don't know why; it's the one thing about the whole policy that really doesn't make sense to me.

I suggest that you write to Sam Palmisano, and explain exactly what this does to you. If it's, say, $300 per developer and you have eight developers, explain specifically to Sam why you feel the one-time cost of $2400 to move from ADTS to RDi is excessive, especially if you've been a faithful WDSC user. Personally, I think you have a case.

Joe