Re: Lower End AS/400s

[Dr Syd Nicholson <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed 100%

-Syd

mlazarus@ttec.com wrote:

> Syd,
>
> We can preach this all day, but today the directive seems to be to cut
> costs *immediately* and we'll worry about the additional future costs in
> the future.  IBM must realize that and come up w/ a plan to make money, yet
> keep entry costs low.
>
> -mark
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Dr Syd Nicholson sydnic@ccs400.com
> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:05:18 +0000
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Lower End AS/400s
>
>
> I have experienced this many times. The up front cost of the iSeries
> seems to be expensive.
>
> On the other hand the iSeries does not need an army of technicians to
> keep it happy, to change its diaper every time it hiccups. In the longer
> term, the iSeries is a much cheaper option. Windows servers possibly the
> most expensive. The cost is not just the hardware, or the software, but
> in the cost of additional support staff, disruption to business when
> things go wrong, etc, etc.
>
> With the increased integration built into OS/400, the iSeries is many
> servers in one allowing a degree of  business and application
> integration that is second to none.
>
> When comparing costs, many people only see the prices of the
> hardware/software and can't see beyond it. A true review should also
> include all the other ancillary costs as well (eg. staffing, training,
> staff turn over, downtime, etc).
>
>
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