Re: IDS 7.31 and (no) new features (was: Functional indexes (was: Whatcha...))

"Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> wrote in message news:c0s85l$1bidg2$1@ID-79573.news.uni-berlin.de... > Neil Truby wrote: > > > > Yes, you have. > > Also, even customers who have a meticulously paid-up support contract > > are required to pay an uplift charge to move to IDS v9, which has > > caused a fair deal of resentment amongst users, and which may well do > > so again when more people realise. > > Recognising this, IBM introduced a rebate scheme which would allow a > > discount on this upgrade under certain circumstances, but for > > bureaucratic reasons this offer was confined to N America only. > > Glad I don't get involved in the financials then. Which is why I miss out on > the news.... Ya just can't win. Looking at the IBM webiste it seems to have been withdrawn on 31st December. I recall that some people complained that, on inspection of the fine print, the offer was somewhat restrictive but I can't recall the specifics. I do remember participating in a small focus group last summer with one of Paul Watson's colleagues and IBM about the possibility of extending the offer to EMEA: in the end IBM found it impossible to surmount the various bureaucratic problems.