Re: Is TPM's Linux vs. IBM i pricing comparison valid?

I think the intangable costs that are missing is the key. The efficiency
of the integrated OS/DB gets minimized way too much. Its magnitudes
easier to administer IBM i than it is to administer Linux/Unix with a
plethora of other DB options. And that is just one example.


Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
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I didn't see a mention of hardware/software contracts and what these might
cost, I would think you would want these whether SUSE or RedHat. What
about
tools to convert from DB2 to MYSQL. I just recently started working with
LINUX and using MYSQL. I don't see allot of the midrange ERP vendors
offering LINUX ERP solutions where to convert from one platform to another
would be as easy as flipping a switch. So is the just of all of this to
prove that the TCO of LINUX on X64 would be far less than on I, seems like
allot of intangable costs that might be missing.

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

From: Michael Ryan
And those are all reasons why i sales are through the roof, and the
industry trend is to move away from Linux/UNIX/Windows and to i.

Do I detect a bit of sarcasm, there? Therein lies the irony, and the

rub.

We
have people in our local user group who are considering migrating their
applications to Linux. They site cost as an incentive. At least TPM
extends
himself to compare "supported" versions of Linux and open-source DB
products to
IBM i, under the rationale that most organizations would license

supported

versions.. Supported versions cost $. Seems like a reasonable

comparison.

But
my concern is that TPM throws in the extra $250/user under IBM i, which
gives
them a robust set of desktop and server interfaces that can't be matched
under
Linux, if I understand correctly.

-Nathan



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