Re: Is the death of CFINT available for current AS/400 owners?

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Booth Martin <Booth@MartinVT.com>
> Leif, the problem remains the same; Moore's law is still in force.

I agree

>
> Surviving as a company in a market where the selling price is in an ongoing
> downward spiral amounting to a 50% price cut every 18 months is not a
> pleasant place to be.  For you to sit there and take pot shots from the
> cheap seats does not become you.
>
> It amazes me that IBM has done as well as it has under those circumstances.
>

Again I agree. My point was that Al's argument was invalid, not that IBM
has not done a good job. The interactive tax was just a low-hanging fruit.
The way to compete in the server market is to lower your price, not to
slam your loyal customers with a surcharge.


>
> The box is in its death throes?  That may be.  But probably not the
> Operating System.
>

I think it is the other way around, but time will tell.