[8688] in Info-AFS_Redistribution
Re: IBM model of AFS support?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (R.Ries@tu-bs.de)
Wed May 30 11:19:52 2001
From: R.Ries@tu-bs.de
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 17:13:06 +0200 (METDST)
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To: Dr A V Le Blanc <LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk>
cc: <info-afs@transarc.com>, <afsdeu@hrz.th-darmstadt.de>
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On Wed, 30 May 2001, Dr A V Le Blanc wrote:
> On Tue, May 29, 2001 at 05:21:11PM +0100, Mike W Ellwood wrote:
> > I have been somewhat slow catching up with the saga
> > of the model of support which IBM
> > are conferring on us in the post-Transarc era.
> ...
> > Anyway, now that we have finally managed to make contact
> > with an appropriate branch of IBM in the UK (where I am)
> > to talk about this, and get a quote, it seems that this
> > is based on taking Supportline for _AIX_ (since we
> > are running it on AIX platforms).
>
> In our case, we have had a spread of quotations from ukp 2,000
> to ukp 8,000. We are now told that despite the high price tag,
> we won't get new versions or bug fixes, and we lose the source
> license. My impression is that IBM are actively trying to
> discourage AFS customers, certainly in the UK.
>
> -- Owen
> LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
>
In Germany we managed to get a support contract for 3 Servers and
2 years inclusive updates (after having a lot of confusion) through
IBM and an IBM Advanced Business Partner. The price is for the academic
community and is about 3500,- DM plus VAT per Server for 2 years,
2700,- DM plus VAT per Server for 1 year.
Mit freundl. Gruessen
Reinhard Ries
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