Re: ibm i development budget

[Tommy.holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

FWIW i never hang my hat on anything said at IT Jungle.  too many times 
have i looked at their viewpoint/stance and found it to be total hogwash. 
IMO no one should give them any credence whatsoever.  should they start 
writing *good* credible articles i'll start listening... 

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:
"Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
"Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/04/2008 08:42 PM
Subject:
ibm i development budget



Neil Palmer writes in ITJungle this week:
"...I really want to believe that there is a "next 20 years" as Mark said 
at
COMMON, but looking back at the past year, we've seen the i5/OS 
development
budget progressively chopped from around $130 million to around $28 
million.
..."

http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh050508-story04.html

Is that accurate?  $28 million budgeted for working on enhancements to the
base OS?  Does that number include bug fixes and PTFs?

With that kind of a limited budget, I question if there will be a v6r2.

-Steve