Re: "TigerTools Says It Can Remove OS/400 Governors"

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:18:58 -0700
 "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@relational-data.com> wrote:
> Form Ed's post, it appears that IBM is committed to
> disabling Fast400's
> "unauthorized" override of IBM's governor.  Doesn't that
> seem like a good
> reason to not use it.
>
> Nathan M. Andelin
> www.relational-data.com

Yes, it does sound like a good reason.  I'm just throwing
what-ifs out there.

When you buy an AS/400, are you told specifically (because
no one really reads the fine print) that your machine is
governed at the software level?

This, to me, seems like a marketing ploy.  You buy CPU.
But, they split it up between batch and interactive.  And,
it just so happens that interactive costs more.

That's like buying a car and paying extra if you want to be
able to use it to drive your kids to soccer practice instead
of just going to the store with it.  It doesn't sit well in
my gut.

A lot of their practices are leading this way.  One other
big one is no longer being able to buy just PDM, or just the
RPG compiler for a set price.  Instead, you have to buy the
whole developement kit which in the end will cost you more
that just the pieces you wanted.  On the outside it looks
like a great deal, but when you get down and dirty, you're
forced to buy things you don't need.  Hmmm.. Kinda like
buying an OS that includes a browser and other software as
well...  Where have I seen that before?

Brad
www.bvstools.com