Thanks to everyone who answered. I am not really involved at the level where I have all of the knowledge of what we're doing and why with regard to the IFL, but I have passed the information on up so that an informed decision can be made.
Thanks!!! Frank On 8/19/2009 at 11:58 AM, in message <1421472168-1250704698-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-8109471...@bxe12 7.bisx.prod.on.blackberry>, Ted MacNEIL <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote: >> What can be expected if we *drop* the IFL when migrating to the new machine? >> > Is there a discount of some sort? > > No. > And, you lose it on subsequent upgrades. > >>For reasons I shall not get in to (as I probably don't have all of the facts) > we are planning on eliminating the IFL we currently have when we go to our > next machine. > > I would recommend you keep it, even if you don't use it. > It's already paid for, why remove it? > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >>> The information contained in this electronic communication and any document attached hereto or transmitted herewith is confidential and intended for the exclusive use of the individual or entity named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any examination, use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy this communication. Thank you. -- Frank Swarbrick Applications Architect - Mainframe Applications Development FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA P: 303-235-1403 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html