OpenEdge Developers Kit FAQ

Migration of Existing Developers

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What should a Partner know about migrating from PSDN to the OpenEdge Developers Kit (OEDK)?

PSDN 2015.2 is the last version of PSDN. A partner can choose to renew on PSDN 2015.2 or migrate to any OpenEdge Developers Kit edition; the timing of the migration is a choice and credit will be given for any PSDN subscription payments made for any unused months at the time of the migration. OEDK: Premier Edition has equivalent components to PSDN Premier and PSDN Professional, but partners may choose a different edition because their benefits have changed within the Partner+ Program or their requirements for development tools has changed.
I have PSDN Professional, which Edition should I subscribe to?

OEDK: Premier Edition has the equivalent components to PSDN Professional, but partners may elect to choose a different edition because their benefits change within the Partner+ Program or their requirements for development tools has changed. For instance, as an independent consultant the developer may only require access to Progress Developer Studio for all supported OpenEdge versions; in which case the OEDK: Basic Edition will suffice and the partner can minimize their annual subscription payments. The timing of the migration is a choice and credit will be given for any PSDN subscription payments made for any unused months at the time of the migration.
If I already have Progress Developer Studio licenses. Why would I move to OpenEdge Developers Kit?
The subscription fee for OpenEdge Developers Kit: Corporate Edition and above is higher than the maintenance renewal of PDSOE, but OpenEdge Deverlopers Kit offers so much more than just PDSOE including:
1. Online training courses for all of the latest features of OpenEdge, which can be tested out on various platforms, including Cloud platforms, as part of the subscription.
2. The Premier Edition allows developers to explore Corticon.
3. The Innovator Edition provides access to Telerik and Rollbase.
4. There is no need for a separate order of evaluation licenses in order to try out or test new operating systems (e.g. Linux) or new products (e.g. Microsoft SQLServer Dataserver).
5. OEDK provides easy access to the latest version, keeping developers educated and updated on the newest technologies OpenEdge Platform has to offer.
6. OEDK provides application development toolkits for all supported versions of OpenEdge, so developers can explore the latest version while still supporting earlier versions.

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What are the OpenEdge Developers Kit Editions?
By choosing the affordable subscription model that best fits your development and licensing needs, you’ll be able to reduce the development costs of your business. The new editions are as follows:
1. Classroom – Designed for aspiring developers eager to make an impact, and prepare for the corporate application market. The Classroom Edition expands students’ knowledge of business-critical applications, while introducing them to the easy-to-learn, easy-to-use, rapid and robust OpenEdge development platform.
2. Basic – Designed for independent developers requiring more support during freelance contracts or specific development projects. This low-cost edition entitles access to all supported versions of Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge (PDSO), a small testing environment, online support ticketing, and access to KnowledgeBase and education tools.
3. Corporate – Supports the needs of large IT departments found in enterprise customers. In addition to the development environment, it provides multi-user testing environments, standard Tech Support and education.
4. Premier – Provides everything our Application Partners need to build industry business applications and support the myriad of customers running those applications. It is also ideal for Service Delivery Partners that provide consulting services to Progress partners and enterprise customers. These organizations have multiple development teams working on many projects across different environments and on various versions of Progress OpenEdge.
5. COMING SOON! Innovator Edition – Created for R&D specialists within development organizations who seek to modernize their business applications leveraging new technology trends such as SaaS, cloud or mobile. These developers have similar requirements to those of the Premier Edition, but also require other Progress application development tool sets. Includes Telerik Platform for OpenEdge enabling customers to extend their OpenEdge applications and go mobile.
Are OpenEdge Developers Kits only available to Progress Application Partners?

The Progress OpenEdge Developers Kit (OEDK) have been designed for ALL OpenEdge developers. The original Progress Software Developers Network (PSDN) was only available to Application Partners, but the new OEDK Editions are available to all developers from the independent consultant, through the IT departments of enterprise customers, to Service Delivery and Application Partners. There is an edition of OEDK that will suit the requirements of every OpenEdge customer or partner.
How long is an OpenEdge Developers Kit subscription valid?

Each OpenEdge Developers Kit subscription, whether new, or as a renewal, or taken at the time of an upgrade, is for a minimum of 12 months. Customers may choose to take additional months in order to change the timing of their next renewal and the pricing will be adjusted accordingly.
Is training included with the OpenEdge Developers Kit subscriptions?

Yes. The Classroom Edition and the Basic Edition include three fundamental OpenEdge online training courses and access to the OpenEdge Classroom, a private group of new developers on Progress Community consisting of 13,000 OpenEdge experts and users from around the world. For the more experienced developers the Corporate, Premier and Innovator editions include access to all OpenEdge online courses, covering the most advanced topics for building mission-critical business applications.
Is support for previous OpenEdge versions included?

The OpenEdge Developers Kit editions include the mature versions of various Progress products, including OpenEdge 10.2B and OpenEdge 11.3. Each edition offers a different array of earlier, supported versions. View the Product Availability Guide to see what versions are included within each edition.

To see a list of mature versions, please visit the OpenEdge Lifecycle and Platform Availability Guide on Progress Community.
What about retired versions of OpenEdge? Can I still get products?

If a customer wishes to continue development and/or support of applications using retired versions of any of the Progress products, then they should purchase OpenEdge Developers Kit (OEDK) Add-on Kits. OEDK Add-on Kits include a subscription to a previously released version of OpenEdge. The Add-on Kits are designed to help OEDK customers continue supporting their end-users that are running applications based on an older version of OpenEdge. These Add-on kits are not for new development. The OEDK Add-on Kits will co-terminate with the associated OEDK subscription plan. (An existing OEDK subscription plan is required).
Can I use an OpenEdge Developers Kit for evaluating and testing?

The Corporate, Premier and Innovator editions provide the latest version of deployment products for evaluating and testing purposes across all supported platforms. Those deployment products include the Dataservers and the RDBMS Advanced Enterprise Edition (AEE), which includes Replication, Multi-Tenancy, Table Partitioning and Transparent Data Encryption. If the customer chooses the Premier Edition they also have access to Progress Corticon too facilitate the evaluating and testing of a business rules server.
Does OpenEdge Developers Kit include Telerik offerings?

Telerik Platform for OpenEdge is included in the subscription to OpenEdge Developers Kit: Innovator Edition. There are no other Telerik products included in any of the other editions. If a developer wants to develop mobile applications that easily connect to an OpenEdge application and use backend services, push notifications and mobile app usage analytics then OpenEdge Developers Kit: Innovator Edition is the offering of choice.

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How will my developers get their products if we subscribe to OpenEdge Developers Kit?

For all OpenEdge Developers Kits editions that require a subscription (not Classroom Edition) each developer must choose the versions, platforms and products that they wish to utilize within their own software kit. To see the earlier, supported versions of OpenEdge and within each OpenEdge Developers Kit edition see the Product Availability Guide..

There are pages on the customer support web portal to enter those choices and generate their own set of license keys, provided they have entitlement based upon the edition to which they have subscribed.

Each developer must have a ProgressID registered with Progress and that ProgressID is associated with a subscription plan. The developers can then download the appropriate media files from the Electronic Software Download (ESD) center and install the software kit on as many machines and for as many developers as their OEDK subscription covers.
How do I get the Service Packs if I have an OpenEdge Developers Kit subscription?

The Service Packs for the various releases and platforms will be made available on the Electronic Software Download (ESD) site, alongside the media files for the OpenEdge Developers Kit (OEDK) edition to which the developer has subscribed. Developers can choose to download and apply the Service Packs when they need them.

Renewals & Upgrades

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Can I upgrade from one Edition to another?

OEDK subscription plans are for a minimum of a 12-month term and can be upgraded at any time before the plan expires. The upgrade can be applied to any number of developers of a subscription plan, even if they received the subscription as a benefit of the Partner+ Program. An upgrade requires a new 12-month subscription to be put in place and customers receive credit for unused months for each seat of the original plan that is upgraded.
Can I downgrade my OpenEdge Developers Kit Subscription?

Downgrading is possible at any time before a plan expires, but will only take effect at the end of the term of a plan – no credits are given for unused months.
Can I add more developer seats to an OpenEdge Developers Kit subscription?

Upgrades can include additional seats on a plan; the upgrade requires a new 12-month subscription to be established for the total number of seats, not just the additional seats. As with other upgrades, customers receive credit for unused months of the original plan.
Will I automatically get OpenEdge 11.7 products when they are released?

An OEDK subscription has a version, which is the latest version of OpenEdge at the time. The current version of OEDK is OpenEdge 11.6. When OpenEdge 11.7 becomes available there will also be new subscription plans available and customers may choose to take that later version. The later version will not be provided automatically. The change in the subscription plan is considered an upgrade and, as with other upgrades, requires a new 12 month subscription to be established for the total number of seats. Customers will receive credit for unused months of the original plan. Or they could just wait until the renewal of their current subscription and upgrade to the later version for no additional cost.
Will the subscription renewals be automatic?

OEDK subscriptions will not be renewed automatically but customers will be notified of the expiry date in advance so that they can make arrangements to renew the subscription. If a customer does not renew an OEDK subscription then the software kits will expire and developers will no longer be able to use the products.

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Are the OpenEdge Developers Kits available for free?

The Classroom Edition is a downloadable application development toolkit for the next generation of aspiring business application developers. This edition is free and students, new developers and future entrepreneurs gain access this package of powerful application development tools that are simple to learn and easy-to-use. It is the latest version of OpenEdge, for the Win-64 platform and for single developers. Other editions require a paid subscription and include support for earlier versions of OpenEdge, support for other platforms and include Technical Support. Some free seats for a paid subscription are available as a benefit for those participating in the Partner+ Program.
I used to get licenses for free as part of the Partner+ Program, will I get OpenEdge Developers Kit for free?

Please contact your Progress account manager to review your current PSDN sbuscription and/or to determine what is available to you in the form of OpenEdge Developers Kit free seats as a Progress Partner.
Can I get a discount as I am a long-time customer?

The current development product discounting policy applies to PSDN subscriptions only. Membership of the Partner+ Program does entitle partners to the provision of some free seats of an OpenEdge Developers Kit subscription, depending upon their partner type and level.
Can I trade-in my OpenEdge Studio licenses to get an OpenEdge Developers Kit (OEDK) subscription?

Existing licenses that customers will have, such as OpenEdge Studio or Progress Developer Studio for OpenEdge, will have been purchased as perpetual licenses with an annual maintenance contract that covers customer support. This is a different licensing model than the subscription model of OEDK. Therefore, it is not possible to trade-in any values from the perpetual licenses.

Customers may decide not to renew their maintenance on the perpetual licenses and take out a subscription for an OEDK Edition as an alternative; the pricing for a single developer seat of an OEDK: Corporate Edition annual subscription plan is similar to the annual maintenance fee charged for an OpenEdge Studio single named-user license.

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