Pete,
I can't offer any answers, but I'm confused, too. I pressed the "Ready to
Buy" button and a myriad of prices came up.
This one ("IBM Rational Developer for Power System RPG and COBOL Development
Tools for i Authorized User License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months")
at $913 looks almost identical to "IBM Rational Developer for Power System
RPG and COBOL Development Tools for i Authorized User Initial Fixed Term
License + SW Subscription & Support 12 Months (D0LJVLL)" which is $416. The
only difference I see is "Initial Fixed Term License" in the latter -
whatever that is.
Except for the AIX, Linux, and i segmentation I can't figure out what any
this. Well, okay, I do know the difference between RPG Cobol, C, etc.
Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
It doesn't matter what he does, he will never amount to anything. - Albert
Einstein's teacher to little Albert's father
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-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Pete Helgren
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 12:52 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] SWMA on RDP - what has your experience been
Every year I go through the travail of renewing SWMA on what I have now been
told by my IBM sales rep is RDG (true?). I am on the developer discount
program so I know that it doesn't follow the usual path these renewals go
through for *normal* customers but this last round of SWMA pricing has left
me baffled. Here is what the quote said:
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
LIST PRICE
Developer Purchase Price
5661-RDP -- 1-Year After License Fee for 5733-RDP/5733-RDG (Purchase Only,
No Discount)
$548.00
$548.00
No discount (which is irritating). But even more amazing is that the
(ir)-Rational site says that a *new* license with 1 year of support is $416!
I don't get why I would pay *more* for a product I own and want to renew on
a supposed *discount* program than I would pay retail.
Check out the RDP pricing here:
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/products/rdp/ (note the "Buy Now"
price of $416.00 and even take a look at ALL the pricing by clicking on the
"Ready to Buy" button).
The text on the following page has this desciption:
IBM Rational Developer for Power System RPG and COBOL Development Tools for
i Authorized User Initial Fixed Term License + SW Subscription & Support 12
Months (D0LJVLL) $416.00. Isn't that the same product as I have listed in
my SWMA renewal? What am I missing?
I blogged about it here:
http://www.petesworkshop.com/blog_wp/?p=127
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Pete Helgren
Value Added Software, Inc
www.petesworkshop.com
GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
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