Re: WRKSYSACT(Is IBM trying to kill green screen on the AS/400?)

Hey Al
On the contrary, Is like if you buy the car, they give you the leather seat
for "free" (of course you pay for it in the sticker price) but they charge
you deer for the engine. :)

Emilio Padilla

----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@ibm.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Martes 11 de Abril de 2000 03:56 AM
Subject: Re: WRKSYSACT(Is IBM trying to kill green screen on the AS/400?)


At 01:37 PM 4/10/00 -0500, you wrote:

I agree with your analysis.  Moreover, IBM thinks that they are being
fashionable about this.

Wether you like it or not, 5250 interactive programming is efficient,
however it's not perceived as being sexy.  So IBM it trying to provide a
"sex tax" on us for trying to get our jobs done properly.

The bottom line is that IBM doesn't give a rats crap about anything else
other than the "bottom line".  If they had an IQ high enough that when you
square it, you would get a higher number, they would properly market the
AS/400.  Don't hold your breath.

Al - in Toronto for TUG


>Hi everybody,
>I was checking prices for an AS/400 with my configurator, and it seems that
>IBM is trying to kill Green screen applications on the AS/400.  Why do I
>think that? Check out the prices by CPW on an AS/400 720, Processor 2062 -
>420CPW Batch & 1503 - 240 CPW.
>
>According the prices on my configurator,  I found this:
>
>9406 - 720 AS400 e Server
>US$ 27000
>2062           Model 720 Processor (256 Mb) 420 CPW          US$ 20000
>                     Total
>US$ 47000
>                     CPW Value
>US$ 111.90
>
>1503          Interactive Card (240 CPW)
>US$ 155000
>                    CPW   Value
>US$   645.83
>
>This is almost 6 times the CPW value between Interactive and Batch.
>
>So, I'm already thinking about changing all my applications to C/S and run
>everything in Batch.  No more Green Screen.
>
>What do you think about it?
>
>Emilio Padilla
>Padilla Asociados
>
>
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Don" <dr2@cssas400.com>
>To: "Reger, Bill" <breger@levitz.com>
>Cc: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
>Sent: Lunes 10 de Abril de 2000 11:54 AM
>Subject: RE: WRKSYSACT
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Reger, Bill wrote:
>
> > The system governor.  This is the animal that governs how much
interactive
> > performance you get versus what you purchased.  Hog is the right word,
but
> > IBM bred this animal on purpose.
>
>Hmmmm....nah, not going to touch that one...I'ld get more calls and hate
>mail than I do already...:)
>
>Don in DC
>
> >
>
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