>And, the real reason (as unpopular as it may be), is cost. No, the real reason is manipulation of supply and demand by a monopoly.
Perhaps some remember the days of the Cabbage Patch dolls. The manufacturer limited production while aggressively creating within every young girl the uncontrollable desire for a Cabbage Patch doll. The result: A sky high price for a rather odd looking doll that no one would have otherwise ever bought in the first place. There has always been limited editions of all kinds of things: Hummel figures, China, artistic prints of paintings, etc. But do we really want the mainframe world to work that way? On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Ted MacNEIL <eamacn...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > >why would I NOT use every CP available? > > I think this is a strawman argument. > > The CP's are installed, but not available. > The microcode determines what is available. > > And, the real reason (as unpopular as it may be), is cost. > You didn't pay to see those cards. > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
