Re: % system ASP used . . . : 99.6266

Al,

I think it's an EASY argument to make that in this area, IBM's marketing
division is CLEARLY head and shoulders above the pack...:)


Don in DC

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On Sat, 3 Nov 2001 barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote:

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> Don,
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> I think you are giving them too much credit.
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> Al
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>                     Don
>                     <dr2@cssas400.com>        To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
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>                     midrange-l-admin@mi       Subject:     Re: % system ASP 
>used . . . : 99.6266
>                     drange.com
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>                     11/02/01 07:50 PM
>                     Please respond to
>                     midrange-l
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> Al,
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> I thought that this was related to the reason that IBM refuses to market
> iSeries systems because of the related incremental marginal HUTA tax
> structures as interpreted by Armonk?
>
> Don in DC
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> On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote:
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> >
> > Leif,
> >
> > With all due respect, I suspect that this is an early warning for the
> > "TAXDATABASEUSE" command.  If IBM were to be to be so stupid to do this,
> > this would be bad for the system, as it would cause third party databases
> > to port to the system.  (And, of course, be less reliable than OS/400.)
> >
> > Al
> >
> > Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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> > 400>390
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> > 914-251-1234
> > 914-251-9406 fax
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> > http://www.barsaconsulting.com
> > http://www.taatool.com
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> >                     "Leif Svalgaard"
> >                     <leif@leif.org>           To:
> <midrange-l@midrange.com>
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> >                     midrange-l-admin@mi       Subject:     Re: % system
> ASP used . . . : 99.6266
> >                     drange.com
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> >                     11/02/01 05:48 PM
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> >                     midrange-l
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> > From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) <MNWills@taylorcorp.com>
> > > >> When all else fails, execute the SPENDMONEY command...
> > > >>>>>> No, but like all other AS/400 consultants, they support the
> > > corresponding ACCEPTMONEY command!
> > >
> > > >>>>>>>> Too bad there isn't an ADDDISKSPACE command... it would make
> > life
> > > so much easier. Guess I will have to write one. Does anyone know of the
> > API
> > > to do this?  ;-)
> >
> > There almost is or will be soon. If you do a WRKSYSSTS command
> > at V4R5 or higher, you'll see a mysteries entry in line two of the
> > data: "%DB capability". Looks like a CFINT-like 'feature' or a
> > capacity-on-demand feature where the capacity is there, and you
> > just have to SENDMORE money followed by ADDDSKSPC.  :-)
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