John, The IBM z/OS Platform for Apache Spark should be available through your Shopz account at no additional charge. Look for 5655-AAB. Only IBM support (5655-AAC) is chargeable, and it's optional.
IBM intends to replace the 5655-AAB program number with 5655-OD1 (IBM Open Data Analytics for z/OS), but for now I believe 5655-AAB is still available. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN