Re: Cheaper Servers?

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Thank you Ken, and Dare.

The point of my post was not to start a discussion on the never to be
created PC/400,

It was about the pSeries going for the Midrange (using discounted prices)
market and How our platform will fair with it's price structure vs the
pSeries especially in the future with the hardware being the same.

Would IBM sales force and BP's ever be motivated to push a higher priced OS
solution if it took alot more explanations as to what the value for the
dollar is?


>From my original post;

 "IBM's p670 offering is especially affordable because of the
efficiencies gained by sharing processor technology and the
Rochester manufacturing facility with the iSeries,"

It seems the pSeries is getting value(lower costs) from it's association
with Roch.
What value has OS/400 gotten from it's association with pSeries?


Also From the article;

"The p670 also targets the same types of consolidation
workloads as the iSeries, with the largest 16-way box able to
support 16 Unix or Linux logical partitions."

Which one is going to be pushed?

As for OS/400 running on a PC,  I don't think IBM will consider it.  OS/400
to them is a multi-user system not suited for the single user PC,

Besides  (this is the real answer folks)   Linux already runs on a PC.

End of story, End of wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth.



John
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Low-End iSeries a Tough Sale
by  Jill R. Aitoro
Industry Reporter

March 26, 2002 -  For the past few years, AS/400 fans have been warning IBM
that the platform is pricing itself out of the entry market.
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