Re: Ordering RDp 8.5

[Buck <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>]

For what it's worth, WDSC 7.0.0.8 runs just fine on my Windows 7 PC.
So does RDP 8.5!

Knowing we were about to get an upgrade to IBM i 7.1, I downloaded the 
RDP 8.5 trial and installed it.  Made a copy of my WDSC 7 workspace and 
the first time RDP 8.5 opened that, it converted the workspace to the 
new format.  Means I can't share the same workspace between the two, but 
that's not a big deal.

Our BP ordered RDP through Passport Advantage.  Turns out they had the 
best price AND they'll remind us when the license comes up for renewal. 
 I'm pretty sure that ESS will just let the license fall out of support 
with no notice.  You'll need to create a Passport Advantage account - do 
it within a few days of getting the initial email or the temporary 
password will expire - and then go to the Rational Key website to 
download the key.  It applied to the trial version with no problem and 
now I have a fully licensed version.
  --buck

On 8/10/2012 11:41 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:
> We're actually on 5.4...I think the trade in for that expired a long time ago...
>
> Only looking at RDp because we've got developers getting Win7 systems..
>
> Charles
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Thierry Bernard <thierry.mr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I don't know if it is still available, but at the time we purchased RD
> > Power, there was a "trade up" option from ADTS (SEU/PDM) at a
> > substantial discount.
> >
> > Trade up does means that you give up a license for ADTS, but depending
> > on the size of your machine, as part of the upgrade to 6.1 you may have
> > received more licenses than you actually use. For us, we had about twice
> > the number of licenses as developers, so we could get the low price for
> > everyone and still have enough ADTS licenses left so developers can
> > still use PDM/SEU.
> >
> > Have a nice day.
> > Thierry.