On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:23:59 -0600, Mark Zelden wrote: >On Thu, 4 Feb 2010 10:04:21 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: >> >>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.
We can disagree about this. The kneecapped engines are _exactly_ the same as the full speed ones. It isn't like they are selecting parts that won't perform at full spec or something. Said another way, if they are able to make money selling the systems with kneecapped engines, it is a marketing gimmick to sell the exact same hardware that is allowed to run full speed. It's like when I worked for Amdahl in the '70's and they introduced the 470V/5. It was purely a marketing gimmick, and was acknowledged as such. If Ferrari sold cars for less money with governors that kept them from going over 80 MPH it would be the same thing. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
