RE: Outsourcing ==> iSeries as MAC

This has been discussed before. What is a user?

If an interactive signon is a user, then what happens if users sign in more
than once?
Are ODBC/DRDA/database connections users?
Are entries in validation lists users (typically used in web applications)?
Are HTTP/web server connections users?
Are disabled or password(*none) considered users?
Are group profiles users?
Are Operations Navigator connections considered users?
Are webfaced applications users?
Are Joe Pluta's PSC java servlets users? <smile>
When a sockets program accepts simultaneous connections is it one user or
many users?

In all seriousness, "users" in this context is extremely vague. Users must
have a very precise definition here.

Loyd

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Loyd Goodbar
Programmer/analyst
BorgWarner Incorporated
ETS/Water Valley
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Richter [mailto:srichter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:47 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Outsourcing ==> iSeries as MAC

I would like to see IBM change the pricing of the iSeries to user based
pricing instead of system based. Where os400 eventually runs on generic
hardware and users pay IBM a certain $$ amount per year per user for the use
of os400.

Do you think that your potential customers would be more open to using your
software/iSeries combo if the iSeries was priced that way?

-Steve