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S/390 Software Pricing: Light at the End of the Tunnel

Overview For many clients, the mainframe software value equation is out of balance, with software costs outweighing perceived value. Recently IBM announced sweeping revisions to its long-standing licensing provisions for software utilized in the S/390 mainframe environment. However, to maximize savings clients must be proactive in selecting IBM software licensing and be thoroughly prepared prior to initiating any discussions with independent software vendors (ISVs).

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Publisher	Candle Corporation	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 1998	Downloads	11
Format	White Papers
Topics	Mainframes, Software Engineering, IBM MVS - VM - VSE - ESA, OS - 400

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