Re: Software Subscription Agreement

We just signed a 3 year prepay.  We are on a mix of V4R1 and V4R2.
Reasons:

1.) Our analysis shows that SSA saves us money.  The 3 year prepay saves
even more.
2.) No more hassles with going to management for approval on a revolving
basis. Of course we had to do it once for SSA but it's over now.
3.) Now my upgrades can be done on a more technical/functional basis
instead of financial.
4.) It's a predictable and budgetable amount.  That is until IBM refines
the program.....:-)
5.) Release concurrency is the only way to go if you are planning on moving
your systems to the future.
6.) The alternative seems undesirable.




Hey Folks!

Some of you may have already received a query on this from "the Trades",
but
I'd like to provide a full response on the subject.  Since April's
announcement, how many of you plan to proceed with IBM's "Software
Subscription" plan, given that most of the incentives for it expire at
year-
end?  Why, why not, and what version of OS/400 are you running?

TIA!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com







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