Re: Fast400 Value to iSeries community is less than zero

On Sunday 11 November 2001 11:40 am, M. Lazarus wrote:
> At 11/10/01 09:14 AM +1300, you wrote:
> >CFINT is merely IBM's way of saying "if you choose to do things in the
> >traditional old-fashioned way, I'm gonna reap the maximum benefit".
>
>   I think that that's a "dirty trick"!  How would you feel if, when you
> decided to add another module to your primary software package (remember
> that you are paying for the new software), the vendor said that you now
had
> to pay a new premium for your existing software!!!  This is how /400
> customers view the tax.

I'm afraid I just don't understand that analogy and it confuses me when you
say that is "how /400 customers view..."

IBM isn't charging more for existing systems. They do charge less for CPW
than they did in the past, but their price/power ration hasn't declined as
rapidly as other platforms or even when compared with buying the same
platform but when used for other purposes.

I'm not trying to justify IBM's pricing, I'm just looking at your analogy
above. I just don't see how it fits at all.

>   -mark

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