RE: IBM getting rid of RPG

I haven't done the math, but I believe that if you were to plot the cost
of interactive CPW from the B10 series through the 8xx series, you would
find that the cost per interactive CPW is declining.  I'm not aware of
any technical reasons for the pricing of interactive feature codes.  It
is just a way of charging about the same (or slightly less) for a BPCS
green screen user as you did ten years ago.

I don't condone it, but I truly do not believe that it's technical, it
is sales and marketing.

Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> William A Pack wrote:
> 
> > IBM is going to piss off quite a few customers,
> > who will remember the favor that IBM did them by jacking up the cost
of
> > interactive workload.  If they have to change applications, my guess
is
> they
> > will be implemented on a cluster of Wintel boxes, just to return the
> favor
> > to IBM.  I really want to now the technical reasons IBM has for
costing
> on
> > interactive features.

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