> Two points that substantiate the TCA argument (or, to be more presice
> ICA (initial cost of acquisition)):
>
> 1. Mainframe DASD costs more than midrange disk.
> (Even IBM's DS series).
I ascribe this to "you get what you pay for", to a large degree.
> 2. IFL's cost arounnd 100K (US).
> ("I can buy a lot of servers for that price" -- a manager I know).
FWIW, I was quoted $41k earlier this month, at WAVV it was mentioned
they could be had in the 30s (although I haven't found one that cheap).
Neither of which alters your point appreciably.
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