I have been actively working on RAD 7 since last few months and I was trying to set up my Portal test environment and I stumbled upon the fact that IBM does not give away (as usual) free stuff. RAD 7 does NOT come default with Websphere Portal (6.0 Test, 6.0 Dev ed., 6.1 Express or 6.1 Dev ed.). People who want to work on Websphere Portal have following options ;

- If you want free stuff (dev ed. 60 days eval.) download Portal 6.1 Express Eval version(no IBM wouldnt even let u eval the 6.1 Regular Ver)
- If your company is involved, you can either buy Websphere Portal 6.0 or 6.1 Reg. Ver.

I am trying Websphere Portal 6.1 Express with RAD 7.0.0.7, seems RAD 7.0 DOES NOT support Portal 6.1, RAD 7.0.0.7 WILL but with some limitations.

Thats all folks for now.