Re: catch-22: M36; V4R4 not available

How about buying a used AS400 (use parts out of the old AS400) with V4R4 on 
it. This would be a hassle. As I am not sure if the other licensed product 
can be transferred or not, I have heard yes and no. Also the serial number 
would change.  And if they are prepaid on maintenance on the AS400 they may 
lose that.  And I am sure other things I have not thought of. You could 
check if IBM would allow you to transfer software from an AS400 you bought 
to the old one. Not sure how IBM handles transferring software.

Good Luck
John Ross


At 12:57 PM 8/2/01 -0700, you wrote:
>The great Catch-22 stuck place:
>
>This M36 customer needs to upgrade OS/400.  They are at V4R2 and haven't
>ever CUMed.  They are having what appear to be system issues with their new
>ethernet LAN/TCP/IP connections.  They can CUM V4R2 -- that's ok.  IBM will
>support that.  But, for the effort, it would make sense to upgrade to
>V4R4/CUM (the last OS that M36 works on) but IBM won't sell it to them since
>IBM is further up the release road.  They aren't willing to have a pirate
>copy of V4R4/CUM so what can they do?
>
>Jerry

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