On 1/27/2012 7:51 AM, Al Sherkow wrote:
I don't quite understand how the US Announcement (312-001) that clearly states:
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Today, IBM® announces a price increase for the z/OS® operating system.
Effective with the billing period that starts on or after April 1, 2012 the
monthly license charges (MLC) will increase for the following program and its
features:
Program number Program name
5694-A01 z/OS® V1
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is already causing increased charges for some sites as reported on IBM-MAIN. (I
don't mean to doubt those people, I would just like to understand).
Clearly, they are not being affected by announcement 312-001. I suspect they are
being affected instead by US Announcement (ZA11-1029) dated July 5, 2011, that
announced similar price increases for EWLC charges effective January 1, 2012.
EWLC was not included in 312-001 because the price increases had already been
previously announced and went into effect at the start of the year.
Prices went up last year for various DB2 tools, QMF, DITTO, and other IBM
software effective July 1, 2011 (311-004) and there are some other price
increases coming in 2012. For example, prices for CICS/TS V3 are going up in
July (ZA11-1002).
IBM's price increases are good news for competing ISVs that have been able to
hold the line on prices. They also come at a time when IBM has completely
eliminated the hardware Technology Dividend--which used to provide an automatic
10% discount--across the board--for all System z software priced in MSU.
The times they are a changin'...
--
Edward E Jaffe
Phoenix Software International, Inc
831 Parkview Drive North
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-338-0400 x318
edja...@phoenixsoftware.com
http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/
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