Eric Bielefeld writes: >Thanks for explaining what an ELA is. I was wondering what the "cool new"
>stuff that IBM offers. I assume its stuff like Websphere? Sure. Any one-time charge (OTC) IBM software product(s). Actually, they don't have to be "cool" or "new," but that's what I'd choose. Some random examples: WebSphere Process Server for z/OS WebSphere Commerce Server for Linux on z WebSphere Message Broker for z/OS WebSphere Portal Enable for z/OS Lotus Domino for z/OS Lotus Domino for Linux on z Tivoli Composite Application Manager for WebSphere on z/OS Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS Transaction Gateway on z/OS Tivoli Access Manager for e-business for Linux on z Tivoli zSecure Admin for z/OS Rational Developer for System z Rational Performance Tester for z/OS Rational ClearCase Enterprise Change Management for Linux on z Application Time Facility for z/OS ISPF Productivity Tool for z/OS DataQuant for z/OS DB2 Connect for Linux on z IMS Parameter Manager for z/OS WebSphere Classic Federation Server for z/OS ...plus many others. There's a reasonably complete list here, assuming you exclude the MLC products: http://www.ibm.com/software/sw-atoz/systemz/ - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html