Re: GreenStreak?

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IBM has always protected favored the mainframe marketplace
 ever see an advertisement  not  mention the p-series  and just  use eServer?


dr2@cssas400.com writes:


> Subj: Re: GreenStreak?
> Date: 08/01/2002 1:34:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From:    dr2@cssas400.com (Don)
> Sender:    midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
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> 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...
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> 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...:)
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> ...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:
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> >  >> I'm not quite as concerned about what IBM's true incentives are.
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > I just wish they had come further down the price range so I could have
> taken
> > advantage!
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> > Jon Paris
> > Partner400 - www.Partner400.com
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