Re: Tiered pricing - a vendor's perspective

True, Nathan.  I have no idea how many (if any) 400's are used for
simulations, especially on the scale of the two I mentioned.  It just popped
into my head because Reeve said "larger box", not "larger AS400".  As I
said, I was just nitpicking.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax


----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@relational-data.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: Tiered pricing - a vendor's perspective


> From: "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com>
> > The first thought that jumped to mind was that yes, a larger
> > box _could_ support more users, or it could just be used by
> > a single user who wants a special job (like weather simulation,
> > war game simulation, etc) to finish sometime today.
>
> To be realistic, Peter, how many 400s are used for simulation?  Also, your
> argument implies that something like simulation would run faster on a 400
> than an Intel box, which isn't true.  It seems to me that 400s are used
for
> multi-user business applications because that's what it's architecture is
> designed for, and where it's value lies.
>
> Nathan M. Andelin
> www.relational-data.com



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