From: Bob Callaway (callaway@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 13:26:49 PDT
This is a follow-up to my message sent 4/21/02 (for the "pcsystems"
list, it was sent 4/23/02 due to a mailing list glitch).
Novell has now informed me that the VLA is the choice for departments
that want to put existing licenses under maintenance. If your
licenses are at the current revision level, you can purchase Upgrade
Protection for them under a VLA. This can be purchased for a year or
for the remainder of the VLA term. If your licenses are for older
versions, you would need to bring them to the current revision level
by purchasing an upgrade license and Upgrade Protection for that
license.
In my earlier mail, I said that each department would probably need
its own contract. This was in reference to the other Novell
licensing program, the ALA. The VLA does not require a signed
agreement. However, the VLA has many rules that need to be
understood. These are explained on a number of pages at the Novell
site (which can be unbelievably slow):
* VLA Price List - General Information (text document):
http://www.novell.com/licensing/price.html
Note: You need to download the zipped VLA Price List from the
above site and then read the MS Word document that is part of the
package. This covers the VLA in general and does not summarize what
you need to know as an education customer. I'm not aware of a VLA
summary directed at education customers.
* VLA entry page (an overview; not as useful as the "General
Information" above): http://www.novell.com/licensing/vla/
* Discount levels: http://www.novell.com/licensing/vla/level.html
* Upgrade Protection: http://www.novell.com/licensing/vla/up.html
* Information on pricing & contract numbers:
http://www.novell.com/licensing/vla/discount.html
Here are a few things to note about the Novell VLA:
1. There is an initial minimum order requirement, which can be met
through a combination of new licenses, upgrade licenses, or Upgrade
Protection. The website says that either Program Points or U.S.
Dollars (before discount) may be used as the measure for the minimum.
The website shows that the Level 9 minimum is 50 Program Points.
However, the Novell representative told me that the dollar minimum
was $1,000.00, which is supposed to be equivalent to 100 Program
Points. Please contact Novell to check on minimums.
For subsequent orders, the minimum is 50 Program points.
2. The discount level for education customers is Level 9. The
Novell price lists show retail price, not your final price. Your
final price will be based on the discount for Level 9 and any pricing
advantage offered by the reseller.
3. The term of a VLA is 2 years.
4. Once Upgrade Protection has been purchased for a product, all
subsequent purchases of that product must include Upgrade Protection.
5. VLA products are sold only through resellers, but delivery is
handled by Novell.
6. Initial VLA orders must include an order for the Software Media
Kit for the product. For "serialized" products, serialized
"diskettes" (maybe these are actually CDs) need to be ordered. Media
Kits are not discounted.
7. Licenses ordered under the VLA are perpetual.
Note that Novell VLAs are available through TRC, the UC reseller for
Microsoft Select, Macromedia, FileMaker, and other vendors. However,
departments are not required to order Novell products through TRC.
Thanks.
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