increasing iSeries sales revenue. was SEU vs. ?

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Subject: Re: SEU vs. ?


Steve Richter wrote:
> Does it require client access?  my theory being that IBM must make a lot
of
> $$ from selling client access on windows, while a Linux client access
would
> have to be low priced or free as part of shareware spirit of that
platform.
> The thinking would then be, why move off of Windows where a good profit is
> made, to a platform where there is no profit.

>There's no reason you can't charge money for Linux software. Many
>companies do. There's also no requirement that all software running
>on Linux has to be open source. On the other hand, there's a lot of
>good software that is open source and freely available. And so if
>you do want to sell something in that arena, there'd better be good
>value for the money.

The bottom line question is, why does iSeries IBM not allow its flagship pc
client software like WDSC and client access, esp CAE, to run on Linux?  I
thought the answer would be $$.

What pct of iSeries revenue does client access currently provide?

To go further afield from rpg, can a business case be made that a low priced
iSeries will actually increase revenue via increased sales of IBM software
that runs on every user's client PC?

-Steve