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Welcome to IBM WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6 Trial!

License terms and conditions, notices and information

The relevant terms and conditions, notices and other information are provided in the country-specific license agreement files in the /WAS/lafiles directory of the installation CD-ROM for this product. Please note that any non-English version of the license information in the directory is unofficial and is provided to you for your convenience only. The English version of the license files is the official version. Other licensing information appears in the copyright.txt file and in the license.txt file in the root directory of the disc or installation image.

Accessing installation documentation

To get started installing this component, go to the Getting Started document.

Accessing the product Web site

To see the most current information about WebSphere Application Server - Express, go to: 

http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/

For the Version 6 information center in all supported languages, go to: 

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ws60help/index.jsp

Accessing documentation on the installation image

The following documentation is available when you install the product:

The readme file
There are several readme files:
Getting Started
The InstallGuide_en.html in the /WAS/docs directory provides detailed installation instructions. The launchpad links to this file as a decription of installing WebSphere Application Server - Express. The information in the Getting Started document is derived from information in the online information center. The document is not translated on the product CD. However, translated versions of the information center are available online.
Help files
The help files provide detailed instructions for completing tasks and specifying settings in the graphical systems management tools. Access the help files by using the help menus, links, or buttons provided in the tool interfaces.

Accessing the most current Web documentation

For the Version 6 information center in all supported languages, go to: 

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ws60help/index.jsp

For the entire information center set for all WebSphere Application Server products, go to: 

http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/infocenter.html

For the entire documentation set for all WebSphere Application Server products, including Adobe Acrobat PDF versions of the information, go to: 

http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/library.html

All of the Version 6 product documentation is in the V6 information center, including versions of the installed help files.

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