SWMA on RDP

headers Eric Simpson | 14 Apr 2012 02:26

>From what I know, a 'Fixed Term License' is a fairly new option.  It gives
you a 1 year license and after that the product will not start.  With the
'Authorized User License', you are paying for a license and 1 year of
support.  I think after that first year you only have to pay for SW
subscription.  If you bought the Fixed Term License, you would have to buy
another Fixed Term License (or some other type of license).

Eric Simpson
Rational Developer for Power Systems Software
IBM Software Group - IBM Toronto Lab
Phone:  905-413-3226  (Internal: 313-3226)
Email:  esimpson@...

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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
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Einstein's teacher to little Albert's father
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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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