Uhh, "the same engines...at different price points" -- sure sounds like
marketing to me!
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Mark Zelden wrote:
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
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