Re: INCREDIBLE - what am I missing here... ??? !!!

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
To: Midrange-L List <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: INCREDIBLE - what am I missing here... ??? !!!


>Hi Folks,
>
>We buy equipment from CDW and I hit their extranet yesterday and am
>greeted by the little penguin and a link "Introducing IBM Small Business
>Pack e-Business software for Linux at a very attractive promotional
>price."
>
>So I click on the link and get:
>And the price ?
>
>419.00 !!!!!!!
>
>We are a small business but running on the AS/400. I would LOVE to be
>able to get this stuff for that price...
>
>What am I missing here ?


Nothing but the scale...

The hardware for the 400 costs a lot of money to make

The hardware for Linux costs next to nothing, Linux costs nothing..., and
they basically are giving away DB2 UDB Personal for Linux...

So when 17 Million can buy it in the next year, you can price it better than
if 1/2 a million buy it over 10 years...


===========================================================
R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"Those who would give up essential Liberty,
  to purchase a little temporary Safety,
  deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

     - The Papers of Ben Franklin



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