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  • Subject: RE: AS/400 Gasping For Air ??
  • From: "Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 06 Jan 99 13:36:56 +0100

Hello Booth,

And you get what you pay for :).  I understand there are 65 million LOC in SLIC 
and OS/400.  Reliability 
doesn't come cheap.  I've said this before: Any project has 3 attributes -- 
CHEAP, FAST, GOOD -- you get to 
choose two.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v1.50 b48 
> Date: Tue, 05 Jan 99 21:00:31 -0500
> From: boothm@ibm.net
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: AS/400 Gasping For Air ??

> 
> I now understand IBM's pricing.
> 
> 
> In <199901061637.LAA000.67@unicorn.flybynight.com.au>, on 01/06/99 
>    at 10:32 AM, "Simon Coulter" <shc@flybynight.com.au> said:
> 
> 
> >2000 LOC is IBM's guideline for project estimation - last I knew. 
> 
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> boothm@ibm.net
> Booth Martin
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