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  3. June 2002

COBOL on AS/400

 >> Problem is that we need COBOL and a reseller is saying the only way to
get COBOL on the AS400 is to buy Websphere for $8,200.

The only way to buy _any_ compiler is this way.  You are not buying
WebSphere - you are buying WDT - WebSphere Development Tools.  Which means a
bundle of SEU, PDM, RPG, COBOL, C, C++, CODE, VARPG, WebSphere Studio,
WebFacing, etc.  If you want _one_ compiler on the box, you have to buy all
of them.  In fact the one thing you won't get in the package is WebSphere
itself!!  I'm surprised that the [package on a 270 is that much - I thought
that most 270s were in the P10 group and the cost was lower than that.

WebSphere is just IBM's latest marketing "label" and they are sticking it on
everything no matter how tenuous the connection.


Jon Paris
Partner400

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