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  3. February 2002

RE: Software subscription for "out of service'd" AS400s

Tony,

One thought which occurs to me is to ask your clients (and yourself) to
consider the hardware upgrade path for the machine.  If the 720's were
upgraded to 820's and someone wanted to get V5R2, they would be facing
an additional charge to reinstate their subscription.

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> Subject: Software subscription for "out of service'd" AS400s
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any reason to maintain software subscription for a box, such
as
> the
> 170 or 720, which can go no further than V5R1.
> I'm considering ordering V5 and not renewing my SS for the next year,
as
> well as advising a few clients on 720s to do the same.
>
> Is there any downside to this, other than the savings?
>
> It was IBM's bright idea to stop the upgrade path, not mine...
> Excuse me, IBM said they'd give me $360 trade-up for my 170.  Ha!
>

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