Re: GreenStreak?

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Totally agree with you Jon...it would be nice if they had taken the
hardware price of a iseries down to prices we're seeing in pseries
boxes...afterall, they ARE almost the same hardware...

And, it would have been nice if they price percentages had extended
accross the WHOLE 270 and 820 lines...not just one particular model/config
of each...:)

...yeah, I can dream...:)   Who knows, maybe they'll have another fire and
dent sale next year...:)

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On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Jon Paris wrote:

>  >> I'm not quite as concerned about what IBM's true incentives are.
>
> As someone has already noted these models cover the vast majority of boxes
> out there.  Some folks in marketing (as well as us whiners on the lists)
> have been complaining for a long time that the interactive CPWs are too
> expensive and making folks look to alternative systems.  This pricing move
> gives them a chance to prove to management that they were right.  If they
> can move enough boxes at this level to cover the price reduction, then
> maybe - just maybe - it will become the pricing model for all systems.
>
> In terms of wanting to get people off green screens - this helps because
> they get the server CPWs to run WebSphere or whatever while still able to
> process their green/WebFaced/screen scraped screens while they switch.
>
> I just wish they had come further down the price range so I could have taken
> advantage!
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400 - www.Partner400.com
>
>
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