I'm not saying it is right. But this is the Pandora's box that Neon seems to be opening. In reality, a large company would most likely be much more subtle, and add additional capacity as ZxxP engines instead of GP's, and stay under the radar so to speak.
_________________________________________________________________ Dave Jousma Assistant Vice President, Mainframe Services david.jou...@53.com 1830 East Paris, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 MD RSCB1G p 616.653.8429 f 616.653.8497 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 10:31 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Offload work to ziip In a message dated 7/2/2009 9:22:23 A.M. Central Daylight Time, david.jou...@53.com writes: you cut that in half to 5 GP's, and buy 5 ZxxP's. You probably more than cut your software bill in half. >> Unless IBM decides that if you have this configuration you're charged at full rate for Specialty engines and your software and hardware bill goes up 50%? This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
