> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 11:58 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Specialty Engine Prices (Was: Another RNL question) > > > John McKown writes: > >Hum, then I wonder why when we went from a z890 to a z9BC, I lost my > >IFL? No, I'm not going to complain. I don't much care anymore. > > Did someone tell IBM to turn it off? That is a choice. > > The only reason I can think of off the top of my head that > someone might do > that is that the IFL has a (very small) hardware maintenance charge > associated with it after the warranty period. If it's totally > idle then > someone might object to the maintenance charge, although that probably > doesn't explain why it went missing during the warranty > period. But you > might still have rights to an IFL, John, so I'd dig around a > bit to figure > out what happened to it and maybe have a chat with someone on > why they're > turning off hardware you already own and paying for, say, another 100 > distributed servers that you don't. > > - - - - - > Timothy Sipples
Thanks for the information. I might ask my manager. But I might not because "the mainframe is going away". We don't know when or how, but it is now company dogma and may NOT be questioned. (my karma just ran over your dogma). -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
