RE: Informix costs

Guy- Oops, sorry for the address confusion. I think the three year limit thing ended when IBM put Informix into Passport Advantage. Too bad they can't buy their own support, because it sounds like they'd save a boat load of cash by switching to processor based licenses instead of per user licenses. --EEM > -----Original Message----- > From: Neil Truby [mailto:neil.truby@ardenta.com] > Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 2:36 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Informix costs > > "Everett Mills" <eemills@nationalbeef.com> wrote in message > news:1129758200.9235797f6da2a4837d6c6e2855cf5cf3@teranews... > > > > FYI: > > The post below has my name on it, but I don't know who sent it, > > because it wasn't me. To whoever sent it: Please do not spoof my name. > > In regards to his question: You had three years from your > > initial purchase of 7.3 to upgrade to the 9.x version for only the > > difference in the cost of the license. If your VAR is not reselling IBM > > support, contact an IBM partner like Kazer (www.kazer.com) or a similar > > company. They can set you up with real IBM support (Passport Advantage, > > etc.) and sell it to you with a discount. This will allow downloadable > > upgrades, and free 24/7 tech support. > > The original post (which didn't to me appear to come from you when I read > it > on cdi, so I think Richard Harnden has it right that it's a informix-list > thing) suggests strongly that John has bought Informix support from an ISV > as part of a supplied application. If that is so, the rules are very > different from a Passport Advantage (PA) account, and IBM treats the two > very differently. The Captain put it all rather well in his post. > Anyway, > if John has an ISV support contract then I doubt if Kazer or anyone else > will be able to help him, becuase there is no provision for an ISV-based > "licence" to be transitioned into PA. > > I am unaware that you have only 3 years to buy a v7 -> v9 trade-up > licence. > Maybe that's an Americas thing. Here in EMEA you don't actually pay "the > difference in the cost of the licence" - v7 and v9 are identically priced > - > but it's true that you do have to pay a trade-up fee. sending to informix-list