RE: The death of CFINT?

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: rob@dekko.com
>
> Guess that goes to show you that IBM feels that the EE package is a great
> deal, and for the software other than just unlimited 5250.  For a company
> like us that:
> - is using TSM
> - has BRMS
> - is using Sametime
> - is using Quickplace
> - is using the SQL development kit, (but not on the 840 yet)
> - is interested in Websphere (for BPCS reasons)
> - is using performance tools
> ...
> This might be true.  But for others...

You've hit it on the head, Rob.  This is a GREAT deal for the high-end
corporate systems.  Companies like yours that really use all of the IBM
pieces are going to get a great deal.  But companies who use the AS/400
primarily as a business back-office processor, especially smaller companies,
are not going to be particularly impressed.

By the way, to get to the high end of the CPW numbers for each machine, that
requires activating the CUOD processors.  For the 825, it's $60,000
additional which nearly doubles the price of the standard edition model, but
for the 870 it's $200,000 and for the 890 it's $240,000.  Once again, the
bigger you are the less you pay.

Joe