Spouting Gobbledygook IBM Licensing
Spouting Gobbledygook IBM Licensing All companies have internal buzzwords and gobbledygook but most are fairly conscious about providing an intermediary translation before shooting it off to their customers. This little gem? from IBM was so bizarre that I felt it was worth sharing; I received an email today indicating that IBM had decided to make some changes to their licensing. As a customer, I try to be careful about reading such things because sometimes they highlight problems and sometimes they give us extra benefits. The email consisted of a two page "covering letter". The first page of which said very little other than suggesting that a licence change was happening and giving a rough date. It pointed you to the attached document (the second page). The first paragraph just tells you very little other than identifying that its to do with IBMs Passport Agreement Programme (Id already figured that part out). Its the second paraphaph that prompted this post. Ive reproduced i...