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From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
> My answer would be that on other platforms the price of
> computing halves every 18 months. This decrease is mirrored
> on the AS/400 is decreasing server prices. But green screen
> computing does not benefit from this decrease because of
> the interactive tax. Someone said no too long ago that customers
> shouldn't whine: green screen computing has not gone up in
> price over the past decade. But it hasn't dropped in the same way
> as server computing has. That is the rub IMHO.

In my mind, "computing" refers to hardware while "green screen" refers to
software.  Unlike hardware, the cost of software hasn't gone down on other
platforms, either.  In my opinion, the iSeries TCO is largely a result of
"green screen" features.  A 5250 based accounting application is a pretty
good buy when you compare it to a Windows based accounting application.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com





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