RE: Licence upgrade fee related to Harware change

Having upgraded in the past year the statement I received was that if the
change in box is at the same level, ie if you stay at a P30 level, most
vendors including IBM will have no charge for software upgrade.  In other
words an upgrade of a 720 P30 to a 820 P30 would not result in a charge from
most vendors.  This was the case for us last year.  Of the 12 applications
we have on our system 3 never charge for upgrades, 8 had no charge due to
staying at the same level and one charged us an upgrade fee, surpassingly
the one charging us was not JBA/GEAC.

Charles Greene.
Miller Curtain Co., Inc.
San Antonio Tx.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jbausers-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-jbausers-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of David Wright
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 8:28 AM
> To: JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Licence upgrade fee related to Harware change
>
>
> Hi Gilbert,
>
> Unfortunately, that has long been the IBM model, and JBA/Geac have just
> followed suit.
>
> If you upgrade your AS/400 you will not only have to pay
> additional fees to
> Geac, but IBM will charge you more for OS/400 too.  (Someone
> please correct
> me if this pricing policy has changed.)
>
> You will also find that many 3rd party tools are tied to processor serial
> numbers & performance factors too.
>
> Technically, you are paying for Total Capacity.....not Utilization.   You
> could do more, so you have to pay more...
>
> In a disaster situation, you will find that most Vendors (even
> IBM) will be
> very flexible with you, especially if a comparable model is no longer
> available.  I would not expect 'free', but you might get lucky.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <GManoovaloo@ibl.intnet.mu>
> To: <JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 1:43 AM
> Subject: Licence upgrade fee related to Harware change
>
>
> > Wondering how you react  to the fact that  Geac might impose an 'upgrade
> > fee' whenever  you need to upgrade
> > your AS/400 (model change).  Such a situation often stems from IBM's
> > decision to stop supporting a given series, but could also result from a
> > disaster.
> > As a user , you do not get any improvement/enhancement related to the
> > application, but you still need to spend cash
> > on the latter. Or am I questioning the obvious ?
> > Any views will be appreciated .
> >
> > Regards
> > Gilbert
> >
> >
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