Re: ebay model 150 auction

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

(response to multiple posts)
wrkjobscde is part of base os/400

<quote> IBM has deliberately priced the software for their old systems at a
prohibitive level. </quote>

ibm's price for p05 level of v5r1 same for all p05 systems, new or old

can't load V5r1 cd's without encrypted keys (well, maybe get 70 days, but
then it expires)

if you wan't a home or development machine & need power to run websphere,
(can't run a business
with it at these prices) look at 2 diff programs of ibm, each offers both 1%
of retail as monthly lease ($17k system w/1070 cpw is $170/mth or purchase
for 50% ($8,500) - approx figures-i don't work/speak for ibm, but am looking
at this program now. BRAND NEW iSeries 270, with Partnerworld Value Pack For
Developers.
see the Announcing the iSeries Nation Citizen Technology Exploration pilot
program on
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/nation/privileges/
or see the Partnerworld program (too lazy to get url) for a different but
similar program.

I've watched ebay for a long time, but the cost to get current software &
enough horsepower is too much.

imho
jim franz