RE: AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee

["Henson, Nancy" <NHENSON@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, we have.  We purchased a 720 and are planning to migrate our data from
a model 400 to the 720.  We have a 30 user license and JBA said we need to
purchase an additional 10 to get us to 40.  We do not have all of the System
21 application but there are very few that we do not have.  I have also
heard that JBA said that Hitachi, who already had over 100 users on a 620,
needed to purchase additional licenses to move to a 720.  I do not
understand how they determine the number of users required.  If someone from
Hitachi is on this distribution list they may want to respond.  Also, it
would be good if someone from JBA could explain how they determine the
number of users.  :)  

Angus, if you want you can email me directly at nhenson@alltrista.com and we
can discuss this further.

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:         Angus Appleby - Unwins Seeds
> [mailto:aappleby@unwins-seeds.co.uk] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 5:41 AM
> To:   'JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      AS/400 upgrade - JBA licence fee
> 
> I am looking to upgrade my AS/400 620-2175 to (probably) a 720 machine. We
> currently have a user licence of 50 users on System 21 and dont want or
> require any more. JBA want to charge us a large fee based on a minimum
> user count of the machine we want to upgrade to. Have any of you come
> across a similar situation? Any ideas/suggestions on how to get the costs
> down?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Angus
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