Re: WDSC 7.0 Dead End

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

That really shouldn't be.  Signing up for Passport Advantage is free.  
Where I think things are getting confused is where a WDSc installation 
came as part of the 5722WDS product.  5722WDS may have been purchased as 
part of a new installation or upgrade outside of the Passport Advantage 
program.  Registering yourself or company at the Passport Advantage 
Online site is supposed to do only that: Register you for the program.  
When a customer of mine purchased HATS, they did it through PAO. Signing 
them up was free and it "bought" them discounts on the software.  I 
haven't, however, checked to see if they have downloaded WDSc from the 
PA site.  I'll see if they have.

As a business partner I have a similar problem in some respects.  I have 
a Software Access Catalog account and can download "evaluation copies" 
of IBM software.  That is how I was able to get a copy of WDSc AE.  
However, when I log into Passport Advantage I only see my customer's 
accounts that I can manage, not my own (I am an IBM customer as well as 
a BP) and that is currently a problem that IBM is sorting out.

Put pressure on your BP and they will "strong arm" IBM to get the right 
access to download the software.  As soon as I get the PA access sorted 
out for my own company, I'll post how to sort it out here.

Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc.

Open Source for System i
Get it here http://www.opensource4systemi.com

Alan Campin wrote:
> Well, have pretty much given up on WDSC 7.0 until I can order on media. 
>
> 1. Cannot use Passport Advantage because requires an account. 
> 2. Created a Passport Advantage Account but cannot download from account
> because I am not authorized. 
> 3. Cannot get authorized with my ISV. 
> 4. Asked my ISV to download and he cannot download it because you cannot
> be part of Passport Advantage unless you pay $1,500!
>
> I don't know who designed this whole system but I know they have a side
> job at "Joe's House of Pain"!
>
> Why can't we just go to an FTP site and download?
>
> It is based on Eclipse and the product is perfectly useless unless you
> have an AS/400 with development tools in which case it is free. 
>
> Does this make sense to anyone else?
>
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