Re: Newbie questions re. licensing & compatibility

From: Martin Schmitt (martin@SCHMITT.LI)
Date: Wed Oct 09 2002 - 13:51:27 EDT


* Naylor, Jim wrote/schrieb:

> If you have the license for the 4.3.3 that is installed then it is $50.00
> for the AIX media. If you do not have a valid license the it is around
> $800.00 for a license plus $50.00 fee for the media.

Eww, looks like pirating time. :-(

What constitues an AIX license? Could the following eBay articles be real
licenses, or are they most likely only install media?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060619986
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2060764845

All those used machines are sold excluding the license. Where do the
licenses go? Does IBM forbid the sale of used licenses?

-martin

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