Subj : IBM developerWorks Subsc
To : Andy Roberts
From : Will Honea
Date : Fri Jan 16 2004 08:00 pm
Andy Roberts wrote to All on 01/13
AR> All,
AR>
AR> Although I found no mention of OS/2, this looks like the same old
AR> thing, but now with a new name.
AR>
AR> --- Excerpt E-Mail announcement ---
AR>
AR> IBM developerWorks Subscription -- Annual subscription to a
AR> comprehensive portfolio of IBM software development tools and
AR> middleware (25.3KB)
AR>
http://www.ibm.com/isource/cgi-bin/goto?it=usa_annred&on=204-001
AR>
AR> --- End Quote ---
AR>
AR> BTW, I recently received a private E-Mail from IBM requiring me to
AR> update my old PWD account to register with IBM, with a deadline of
AR> today, to continue with what I had before. After registering (no
AR> cost), I could link to what looked like the same'ol same'ol. So my
AR> assumption is this is all just the usual annual renaming IBM does
AR> almost every year.
Andy, the impression that I got after jumping thru the hoop was that
they consolidated some stuff and basically transfered a lot of stuff
into a single password manager type of thing. There ARE some bigger
changes on the way for the developers and partner programs - new
structure, new membership levels, new entitlements. Along with the new
levels of free access, there will also be paid access to at least a
portion of the next levels w/o buying into the whole program. Downside
is that it looks like a fair amount of what we got thru the Partners
program and the Developers program for free will now be a paid
subscription but hang loose on that - this is all from reading some
advanced notifications and a couple of surveys I did for them. For
now, the only real effect is to consolidate passwords/account names.
Will Honea <
[email protected]>
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