Marian Gasparovic wrote:
But I see TCO studies that show how System z is competitive and how
customers can save money running on z instead of distributed.
I would like to see those TCO studies. Truth is there are a lot of
companies (big ones included) that are moving
off mainframes to reduce the TCO. Those "distributed" systems come in
"very" big iron configurations and are
starting to match mainframes for RAS. Sad but true.
Marian Gasparovic
IBM Slovakia
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Anton Britz <antonbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Timothy,
IBM's claim to fame is all about manipulating their prices when the customer
has no other option..
If you read the book about IBM and their Business plan then you will see
that it's all about :
"Trying to get as much money from UNKNOWING/NAIVE customers and making them
feel proud to give so much money to IBM"
Summary:
You claim in your posting that it's not about Wall street accounting but
more about the quality of their new products.
Have you ever been to the IBM labs in Austin, TX ? They only have old
products in there.... and that is what they proudly show you... as if they
are selling to people that do not know what technology is all about.
Note: Not sure that you can compare/mention Apple's innovativeness to IBM"S
for the last 10 years.
It is like somebody comparing a F-22 Raptor to a Ford Model T .. but then
again, people might still be buying Ford Model T's in Singapore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-22_Raptor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T
On 4/22/2010 10:18 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote:
#26: IBM hasn't figured out how to run software without hardware yet. Or
vice versa.
Despite Wall Street accounting, from a technical point of view there's
increasing blurring between software and hardware, for a variety of very
sensible reasons. (Is an Apple iPhone software or hardware? Yes. Is the
IBM
Smart Analytics System 9600 software or hardware? Yes.) I see every
indication that trend will continue.
Speaking only for myself, per usual.
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Timothy Sipples
Resident Architect (Based in Singapore)
STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team
IBM Growth Markets
E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com
Phone: +1 603 472 4234 or +65 9232 2015
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