Re: Accommodation charge for V4 upgrade from model 530

The Accommodation Charge should only apply to the purchase of a NEW V4
license for a Model 4xx or 5xx.  That should be for a machine which does
not have any OS/400 license.

So if you just bought your 530 used (and therefore without a license)
IBM will accommodate you by allowing you to buy a V4 license. This
license will then be resellable with your machine.

However if you already own an OS/400 license for V3, you should only be
paying the Transition Fee.  Of course, you have to pay that for OS/400
and for all your other licensed software products.

-- 
Richard Rosenbluth
Rose Information Management Co.
mailto:rose400@pacbell.net
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Sclind2@aol.com wrote:
> 
> We are looking to upgrade our model 530 from V3R7 to V4R3 next year.  I
> certainly understand the $40,000 charge for the upgrade, but what is the
> $160,000 "software accommodation" charge?  Apparently this gets charged since
> I am coming from a model 4XX/5XX.
> 
> Why would the operating system upgrade cost more depending on the *hardware*
> level you are coming from?
> 
> Would it be cheaper to upgrade to a low end 620 model (staying on V3R7), then
> upgrade to V4R3?
> 
> Scott Lindstrom
> Zenith Electronics
> 
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