On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:04:21 -0600, Tom Marchant <m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 08:35:55 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >> >>zAAPs and zIIPs weren't invented to improve performance. They were >>created for marketing and software pricing since that is a major issue with >>our platform. If all the engines and software were cheaper, the platform >>would be better off without them. > >I agree. > >I would add that kneecapped engines are also a marketing gimmick that we >could do without if they would fix the pricing. > Not at all. That part has nothing to do wth a marketing gimmick. It's a way for IBM to manufacture the same engines (savings for IBM) and still provide many different engines speeds at different price points to meet the customer's requirements. No different than IBM trying to use the same parts for system z and other non-z platforms. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:mark.zel...@zurichna.com z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
