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Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

Steve,
What makes you think I have any more "in" to IBM than anyone else, in regard to pricing? From what I see, IBM is working to make the System i more "competitive". Pricing is only one of the components.
And, from what I see, TPM may have provided an "unbiased" view, but it was not a valid comparison between actual/real-life applications and servers - just server specs. Unbundle the functionality of a System i and add a price tag to each, compare multiple application sets on a single System i to multiple application sets on multiple Wintel servers, and you may have a valid comparison. 

Trevor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch



On 12/8/06, albartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The user and vendor community could build a new GUI that works with >green screen apps, but such a thing would likely go nowhere if the base i5 remains 
geared down and over priced.
This is one of the big downers of the iSeries IMO. How does one gain access 
to one if you don't work for a company that owns one?  I don't think
timeshare services count here as most people want to "play" like they "play" 
on their PC.


I share your frustration on this Aaron. User based pricing on p5
hardware would work great for hobbyists, small software houses, SOHO
users. This is obvious to everyone with an unbiased view, from Timothy
Morgan of ITJungle to people on this list. That is why I was hoping
Trevor, with his in with the IBMers, could explain what is stopping
them from making the system more competitive.

-Steve

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