This is what I got back from IBM when I asked for details - not much: Thank you for reaching out to IBM regarding your SoftwareXcel services. The generally available (GA) date for pricing of the new SoftwareXcel offerings will be 11/16/17. IBM will be extending the current SoftwareXcel Basic offering for one year for any contract term ending before 02/15/18.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lionel B. Dyck Mainframe Systems Programmer - TRA -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 12:24 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: SoftwareXcel Discontinued On 9/11/2017 9:51 AM, Tom Conley wrote: > > I signed on to my IBM id with the Jack-Squat service offering, and it > brought up an SR. Did not fill it out, so no idea what would happen.... FWIW, I told Mainline on Saturday that we would *not* be renewing our SoftwareXcel contract (it expires January 27). I want first-hand experience tryna get support for z/OS, z/VSE and z/VM without a SoftwareXcel/Software Care entitlement. (My technical contact over there said he would be "lost without IBMLink." Haha! We'll see if I am too!) I already know what it's like having SoftwareXcel for 30 years, so I should be in a good position to observe if there are significant "gaps" in what we get for free vs the paid subscription. No matter the outcome, it's gonna make a *great* SHARE Bit Bucket segment!!!! -- Phoenix Software International Edward E. Jaffe 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
