Ted MacNEIL wrote:
I believe IBM currently uses an unofficial goal of a 5% decrease in utilization
per release.
Actually, it's simpler than that.
IBM used to promise it would not cost more for the same functionality in each
subsequent release.
Mind you, if you exploit new technology all bets are off.
(0.95)**N becomes infeasible after awhile, since this tends towards zero.
(Also, I cannot find it on the website[s], but I remember the promise from many
presentations in the 1990's)
This has nothing to do with anything said in the 1990s. It is a much
more recent initiative that has been articulated verbally to ISVs,
customers at at SHARE, and in other places. It is not a formal promise
to anyone. It is an internal objective. So far, it's working.
--
Edward E Jaffe
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Los Angeles, CA 90045
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