Re: New version of WDSC

Joe,

My understanding was that the products were only "announced" not released. 
 Notice the "Planned Availability Dates" section which indicate it will be 
available for download on September 23.

Mark





"Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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This is being posted at WDSCI-L, but I'm going to cross-post parts of it
here, because there's a larger question involved.

Okay, IBM just announced V5.1 of WDSC.  Very cool.  However, I can't
even begin to figure out how to get the upgrade.  When I go to the
website, I get web pages and web pages about the "Passport Advantage"
program, and I don't have a clue what that is or how it relates to the
thousands of dollars I pay in software and hardware maintenance.  For
this list in particular, do you guys have a passport?  How did you get
it?

Look at the following pages:

http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=203-193
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=203-195

It seems to me (although I could be completely confused) that I can get
these packages for my V5R1 machine (which is up to date on software
subscription) by ordering part number 5905.

The interesting thing is that it looks like I can only order these
things between October 17th and November 21st, after which they will be
discontinued.  (Meaning it's time for me to think about upgrading to
V5R2.)

Joe


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