Re: IBM Rational Developer for System i V7.1

I truly hope that is the way it works out Joe. I'm going to hope for the
best then.



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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Joe Pluta
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:48 AM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] IBM Rational Developer for System i V7.1

Shannon ODonnell wrote:

It's like FORD selling you cars for years and years and then after you've
become dependent on them, they start charging separately for the use of

the

steering wheel and seats.

"Well of course you CAN buy one of our cars with out a steering wheel or a
seat...but really...wouldn't you miss it now that you've gotten so used to
it? What's another few hundred dollars anyway?"

Actually, it's more like this: for a single flat price of $10,000,
you've gotten a fully loaded Humvee amphibious hovercraft, and that was
your only option. Everybody got the same Humvee, and the price hasn't
gone up for years. Not only that, but a lot of shops were buying P30
and P40 machines for production (with ever-dwindling hardware margins),
and then piling 50 developers into one P05 Humvee.

Now, IBM is going to allow you to customize your vehicle, and you'll be
able to choose the components you really use. If you do indeed use
everything, you will probably pay $20,000, but the average Joe will pay
more like $7500. And you'll pay a little extra for every passenger.

Joe