Rob Wunderlich writes: >Ideally, I would use Connect Unlimited. Problem for me is the price >tag. It's only available as OTC, and a fairly hefty one at that. If >it could be folded into the monthly cost of DB2 it would be a no >brainer. That particular OTC happens to exceed a "magic number" for >this organization that makes approval difficult (long story).
Ah yes, the bureaucratic expense number limit policy. Can't buy a building, so the company pays more buying brick by brick. I think everyone working for a business with at least a few employees runs into that problem. I don't know your exact situation and wouldn't be the expert even if I did, but if you don't yet have an Enterprise License Agreement that might be one way to solve this particular problem. I wrote a layperson's explanation of the ELA a few weeks ago that should be in the IBM-MAIN archives. You could also just ask IBM straight up if they can price DB2 Connect Unlimited as MLC, like MQ's Client Attach Feature. Or IBM can finance software purchases to adjust the cash flows, but often that's not the issue when it comes to the bureaucratic approvals. - - - - - 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
