RE: Is the death of CFINT available for current AS/400 owners?

Friends,

I think we need to wait for upgrade pricing to get a clearer picture.  If
I recall correctly, this will be available next Tuesday.

Here's what I see as the good news:

- IBM has not abandoned the low-end and is prepared to compete there.

- New disk controller which may dramatically lower the number of drives
and enclosures necessary to run a large transaction-processing system.
I'll wait for formal benchmarking, but that's the spin at this time.

- Most customers will probably spend significantly less money for
equivalent or better performance.

- Processor tiers are clearer, lower, and you can't change tiers in the
same model.

I think that those who expected full 5250 capabilities at the price of a
base processor were overly optimistic.  The on/off pricing makes much
more sense and will probably save most people money.  Those installations
which have a large system with a small amount of interactive capability
may face significant increases.  It will be interesting to see how
generous IBM is when upgrading.  How will they decide when your 730 to
i825 upgrade puts you in the base or enterprise class?

I'm prepared to wait a week before passing judgment.  I must admit that
I'm not impressed by bundling in additional software (TSM, Quickplace,
SameTime etc.) and talking about an increase in "price/performance".

Regards,
Andy Nolen-Parkhouse