Sorry - that CA was for California, not the vendor. I was referring to IBM customer numbers.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:44 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Software on tape > > Richard, > We have a CA customer number for each data center. My > comment about ShopzSeries was related to IBM customer > numbers. It's my understanding that California does not > charge sales tax on downloads, but only if physical media is > sent to California. We dealt with this when we were a > California-based bank, before being acquired by NationsBank. > Someone discovered the sales tax issue and asked us to use > download whenever possible to avoid being taxed. > > Dennis > > "A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes > downhill." -- Robert A. Heinlein > > > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schuh, Richard > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 15:35 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBMVM] Software on tape > > We get our software from VSSI, Velocity-Software and CA via > FTP. I have gotten an RSU and individual PTFs from IBM that > way. I don't know about an initial distribution, though. > > About your customer number - has BoA started having its > software sent to Charlotte because of the tax burden that CA > imposes? If so, your old CA number customer will have been > deleted this year. I know that mine did. > It was supposed to have been changed over 2 years ago, but > nobody told me (it was an MVS secret). The old number worked > up to the end of last year. > > Regards, > Richard Schuh > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of O'Brien, Dennis L > > Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 3:25 PM > > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > > Subject: Software on tape > > > > I've been asked whether our z/VM systems could convert to > using only > > virtual tape. One of the possible sticking points is > vendor software. > > If necessary, we could keep a couple of manual tape drives > around for > > software installs. I'm trying to determine if it's necessary. > > > > Have IBM or any other software vendors made statements of direction > > for offering alternatives to delivering software on tape? > I know that > > z/VM itself has been available on DVD for the last 3 releases, and > > CA's VM:Manager products are downloadable. I see that z/VM and > > products on SDO are now downloadable, too. What about > products not on > > SDO? Is tape the only choice for those? I tried to register for > > ShopzSeries to see what was actually downloadable, but was told my > > customer number doesn't exist. Perhaps customer numbers > for Resource > > Link and ShopzSeries are not the same. > > > > > Dennis O'Brien > > > > "A society that gets rid of all its troublemakers goes > downhill." -- > > Robert A. Heinlein > > > > > > >
