You mean I pay for extra time, clicks and at least triple response time compared to the VM access. H*ll, since I avoided the Web interface like the plague, it took me almost 20 minutes just to find IBMlink starting from ibm.com and searching.
No direct command interface, stupid mouse work to go back, on and on, </end rant> Dave Gibney Information Technology Services Washington State University > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > Behalf Of Roach, Dennis (N-GHG) > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 1:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Alert and Resolve price changes > > You pay for the efficiency and convenience, not for IBM's cost of doing > business. > > Dennis Roach > GHG Corporation > Lockheed Martin Mission Services > Facilities Design and Operations Contract > NASA/JSC > Address: > 2100 Space Park Drive > LM-15-4BH > Houston, Texas 77058 > Mail: > P.O. Box 58487 > Mail Code H4C > Houston, Texas 77258 > Phone: > Voice: (281)336-5027 > Cell: (713)591-1059 > Fax: (281)336-5410 > E-Mail: dennis.ro...@lmco.com > > All opinions expressed by me are mine and may not agree with my > employer > or any person, company, or thing, living or dead, on or near this or > any > other planet, moon, asteroid, or other spatial object, natural or > manufactured, since the beginning of time. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On > > Behalf Of Richard Peurifoy > > Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 3:03 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: Alert and Resolve price changes > > > > Gibney, Dave wrote: > > > Great, presumably they are saving money by discontinuing "Green > > > Screen" Ibmlink, so the price goes up. Makes perfect sense :( > > > > Actually, I have never understood this. > > Phone support has to cost IBM a lot, but it is "free" > > (part of the license cost), but IBMLINK where we do out > > own research instead of having people on the phone do it > > cost extra. > > > > -- > > Richard > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
