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IBM License Manager - Public Statements Timeline

DateCompanyWLCILM
3 October 2000 z/OS and IBM License Manager Announcement
3 October 2000 IBM Statement of Direction (in WLC Announcement)
3 October 2000 Candle to Provide Day-one Support for New IBM Hardware Series; Endorses New Workload License Charge Pricing Structure  
5 October 2000 BMC Software Announces Support for IBM's z/OS and eServer zSeries; Backs New Pricing Structure  
27 October 2000 ASG Unveils New Mainframe Pricing Model  
10 January 2001 Isogon Corporation Announces Support for IBM's z/OS and eServer zSeries with New Pricing Models
16 January 2001 BMC Statement of Direction (now deleted from web site)  
27 February 2001 SHARE 96 - The IBM License Manager in z/OS  
28 February 2001 SHARE 96 - BMC Software - Exploiting the IBM License Manager  
10 April 2001 Compuware Software Licensing and Hardware Support (?)
23 May 2001 Compuware Unveils Value-Based Licensing - Press Release (?)
19 July 2001 WSC Flash - WLM Support for Sub Capacity Workload License Charges - Caution  
22 July 2001 SHARE 97 - BMC Software - Exploiting the IBM License Manager  
22 July 2001 SHARE 97 - zSeries Software Pricing - Overview, Structure and Value  
24 July 2001 SHARE 97 - IBM License Manager for Software Asset Managers
25 July 2001 SHARE 97 - BMC Software - Assuring Business Availability
25 July 2001 SHARE 97 - Candle: An Overview of Candle Pricing  
25 July 2001 SHARE 97 - CompuWare - "Split-to-Fit" Compuware Software Licensing, Pricing and zSeries  
25 July 2001 SHARE 97 - zSeries Software Pricing
27 July 2001 ILM thread opened on www.mainframeforum.com - no activity since  
27 July 2001 CMG - Candle: z/OS IRD and ILM: Actions and Interactions
18 January 2002 Computer Associates - Unicenter NeuMICS RM Performance Manager Option
7 March 2002 SHARE 98 - IBM's Software License Management Vision
27 March 2002 META Report: How to Avoid Bad Enterprise License Agreements
26 November 2002 IBM finally cancels the License Manager

A general discussion of the IBM License Manager will be found at "Whither ILM - or wither, ILM?" on this site.

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