> And what about always posting about how cheap the hardware is getting?
If the hardware (processor) were free it would make little difference. "As as predicted last year, the entry point for current hardware is now the 2066-0A1 at 80 MIPS - the 40 MIPS 2066-0E1 being non-viable because of the maintenance charges on the mandatory IFL. The 2066-0E1 and 0A1 are too powerful for most of the users being orphaned this year - the moratorium on higher software charges applies only to IBM software and is limited to 48 months; enough time, perhaps, to get off the platform. These IBM customers need a system of appropriate size - even if given as a gift, a larger system can bankrupt a small company with its software costs." http://www.isham-reseach.co.uk/low_end_s390_2003.html - 20 January 2003. Not the first time I said it, either. I have to say I find such posts insulting. Does anyone really believe we can be fooled so easily? Most of IBM's "pricing initiatives" over the last decade or so have been disingenuous at best. One example is the regular "10% technology benefit" in MSU/MIPS in every generation, because of course it makes damn all difference given the degressive pricing model. The bizarre thing is that some of executives think they're doing a good job. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
