RE: 20 FREE User Licenses of Sametime and WebSphere Portal

I think that WebSphere Portal Express is a new product.  We currently have
WebSphere Application Server - Express on our iSeries.  A few months ago we
tested "WebSphere Portal" (on another platform) and we were told that the
cost was in the $50K range.  We already run our WAS environment on that
platform.  The "20 user license" for WebSphere Portal Express confuses me
though.  I'm not sure why you would need a user license for this.

On the bright side, if it gets named WebSphere then you know it's included
in the statement of direction.

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
AS/400 System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----
date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:58:10 -0600
from: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: 20 FREE User Licenses of Sametime and WebSphere Portal

Not Portal Express, which Scott is referring to, right?

Gotta love this WebSphere universe!

Vern

At 02:31 PM 11/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Uh, Scott,
>
>FYI, Websphere express is being shipped as base product with V5R3.  You
>should be getting it FREE with V5R3....  I think if you cajole your
>favorite IBM'er right now you can get it now, but at 5.3 is base.
>
>Don in DC
>
>----------------------------
>
>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Ingvaldson, Scott wrote:
>
> > FYI, got this today in an e-mail from a BP:
> >
> > 20 FREE User Licenses of Sametime and WebSphere Portal
> >
> > If you have not already heard, IBM has announced the WebSphere Portal
> > Express and Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing (Sametime)
> > entitlement designed for Lotus Domino 6.5 customers!
> >
> > Until December 31, 2003, all Domino customers with active maintenance
> > agreements are entitled to 20 user licenses of IBM Lotus Instant 
> Messaging /
> > Web Conferencing (Sametime) as well as a 20 user license of IBM
WebSphere
> > Portal Express at no charge.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Scott Ingvaldson
> > AS/400 System Administrator
> > GuideOne Insurance Group
   
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