Re: More anti-midrange propaganda

["Steve Landess" <sjl_123@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

It's probably *not* an H-1B:  They're too expensive nowadays.

It's probably L-1 worker billing out at $ 60.00 per hour, getting paid in
rupees (or whatever native currency his home province uses) at an annual
rate equivalent to approximately $ 5000.00 (USD).  I know this to be
factual, just can't tell you where because of possible retribution.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:25 PM
Subject: RE: More anti-midrange propaganda


> > From: Jon Paris
> >
> > Don't know what's not to "get" - even IBM admit this simple truth if
> you
> > get them off the record.  I will do the math - but you'll only argue
> > with it.
>
> Jon, I'm not going to argue with the math.  This is exactly what I
> thought.  IBM is pushing the more expensive solution.  IBM isn't
> "losing" anything.  They just bait-and-switch people into a more
> expensive solution for the same problem.  So of course they won't tell
> anyone.  It's kind of like saying a car dealer loses money if he doesn't
> sell the high school kid a brand new H2, when all the kid needs is a
> used Nova.
>
> What's REALLY stupid about this is that IBM is trying to move from a
> hard-goods to a service posture.  This shows an extreme lack of business
> savvy, since the client may get the box then outsource the services, and
> then IBM gets diddly squat.  In fact, I'd say a good market to be in
> right now is providing H-1B RS/6000 consulting at $75/hour (and paying
> the poor kid from Bangalore $15/hour).
>
> Joe
>
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