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 ___ þ KWQ/2 1.2i þ Is there a Lawyer in the house? Ok, any more? --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) .