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What is the no charge IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers offering?
The no charge IBM WebSphere Application Server for Developers web download option
solutions the need for a no cost WebSphere Application Server development runtime
for projects that don't warrant the expense of a priced and supported runtime on the developer desktop. Reduce testing effort and develop with confidence using a runtime environment that is identical to the production runtime environment your applications will eventually run on.
Support is optionally available by purchasing the priced WebSphere Application
Server for Developers product.
Are there any technical differences between the WebSphere Application Server for Developers priced product and the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers download?
The application server is the exact same application server code, which is also identical to the application server code shipped in the WebSphere Application Server product. The platform support provided by the no-charge option is limited to Linux and Windows and the add-on software found in the priced product is not included in the no-charge download version, although most of the add-on software is separately available without charge.
Are the Application Server Toolkit (AST in 6.1) and Assembly and Deploy tool (V7) available for use with the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers offering?
The AST and Assembly and Deploy tools are not included in the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers download but customers who have the WebSphere Application Server product already have these tools and are entitled to use them on their developer desktop with the WebSphere Application Server for Developers download.
What exactly is the entitlement provided with the no-charge WebSphere
Application Server for Developers?
The entitlement provided with the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers is: For each WebSphere Application Server for Developers license, you are authorized to install each component of the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers on a single machine for use by a single developer for purposes of testing code to confirm that such code functions as designed. You are not authorized to use copies of the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers for the following purposes: testing applications on servers separate from the developer's machine; or simulating production workloads or testing scalability of any code, application or system. The no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers cannot be used for to provide runtime support for production applications.
Can I download and use WebSphere Application server Feature Packs with my no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers?
Absolutely. WebSphere Application Server for Developers delivers a development runtime test environment that is identical to the WebSphere Application Server production runtime environment; as such it is enabled for use with all of the WebSphere Application Server Feature Packs.
How does the no-charge WebSphere Application Server for Developers relate to the WebSphere Application Server Community Edition? They are both available at no charge with optional support available.
WebSphere Application Server Community Edition is the open source software (OSS)
application server solution within the WebSphere Application Server family. WebSphere Application Server Community Edition provides a upgrade path for customers using less capable or fragmented OSS software to an integrated OSS application server solution with optional support from the worlds leading software support organization.
WebSphere Application Server for Developers delivers a development runtime test
environment that is identical to the WebSphere Application Server production runtime
environment. Ensuring the applications developed on WebSphere Application Server for Developers are going to run unchanged in the production environment.
I still have further questions about WebSphere Application Server for Developers that are not covered in this FAQ. Where can I ask these questions?
You may post further questions at the WebSphere
forum monitored by WebSphere Application Server experts.
