Re: interesting /. story on RPG

> > > alternatively, IBM could lower the price of small baby iSeries to
> > > make them competitive.
> >
> ibm did just lower the model 250 by about 30%
> but this box way too small for Linux
>
> <clip from The Four Hundred newsletter Feb 18>

found announce letter http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets&parms=H_102-034

> With last week's announcements, these machines are available as the Model
> 250 entry and growth configurations, with four times the disk capacity,
but
> for $4,800 and $8,300, respectively. This is a considerable price cut--35
> percent on the entry configuration and 25 percent on the growth
> configuration--and one that IBM is probably not happy making. It is also
> probably an admission by IBM that the Model 250 was overpriced for the
past
> 18 months. The other interesting price change is that IBM has eliminated
> monthly maintenance charges on the entry Model 250 (which used to be $84 a
> month on the regular 250-2295) and has dropped maintenance on the growth
> Model 250 to $11 a month, down from $95 a month for the 250-2296. These
> maintenance prices are way out of line with the entry-server market, and
IBM
> seems to be conceding this.
> </clip>
> jim
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