When I worked for a state government, we swapped out a 165 of-some-kind for a 168 MP. The credit for the returned hardware went into a state-wide general funds account, and we immediately were "over budget".
The same folks approved one 3350, when they came only in pairs, if long-term memory serves. (Okay, the request could have been more precise....) David Purdy -----Original Message----- From: McKown, John <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wed, Dec 30, 2009 2:09 pm Subject: Re: IBM 9393 RVAs "Obsolete" for Sure > -----Original Message-----> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of David Andrews> Sent: Wednesday, > December 30, 2009 1:00 PM> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> Subject: Re: IBM 9393 > RVAs "Obsolete" for Sure> > When I worked for the state government about a > million years ago, the> *last* thing we ever wanted to do was to put out a > RFP for > new purchased> equipment. Because we had a competitive bidding > process, we couldn't> just do a make-and-model RFP -- we had to write general > specifications> for what we wanted, perhaps with the services of a technical > > consultant,> run it through the lawyers, publish it, accept bids, judge the > "lowest> and best", make a recommendation to the Board, wait for the Board > to> make an award... and THEN deal with the unsuccessful bidders who would> > frequently contest the bid award, and sometimes have to go through the> > bidding process a second time.> > If Jim has an Iceberg that runs perfectly > well, I can understand if> maintaining it is preferable to going through the > acquisition process.> You're not always able to run the business like a > business, not when> public money is involved.> > -- > David Andrews ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
