Re: I5 vs. 810 -- MIDRANGE-L

Adam

Basically the same as someone else said about timing. Upgrading to 810 now, with a view to going to a 520 in a fairly short time span, can cost more than just going to the latest and greatest now. But the "bleeding edge" issue also applies.

Hope that made sense.
;-)
Vern

At 10:08 AM 5/18/2004, you wrote:

not sure what you mean with the 810 now and an i5 a year form now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vern Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: I5 vs. 810


> All the other repsonses are valid - there are good things and some price
> advantages in the i5, it seems.
>
> But against that is the hassle of a new release. There are always
problems.
> Some would say wait until at least the first CUME before getting a new
> release. You need to weigh costs and benefits, and with a new release,
> there is likely to be a cost for it getting really shaped up. Put your
> actuaries on it.  ;-)
>
> Of course, there's also the extra cost of a 2-stage purchase in a short
> time - 810 now, 520 within a year, say.
>
> HTH
> Vern
>
> At 08:23 AM 5/18/2004, you wrote:
> >We had just finished up our quotes for a new 810 when the i5 was
announced.
> >I and my compatriot in arms have recommended to the IT Director to not
worry
> >about the i5 and just go with the 810.
> >
> >We're an insurance company with two computer people running the whole
> >company.  When we get our new machine, we are basically hooking it up,
> >transferring data and going live.  We aren't able to beat it up for a
couple
> >months to test it first.  This is mainly why I say going with the 810 and
> >5r2 is the better route, because there are less surprises and our vendor
has
> >been using this line for their application for years.
> >
> >He (Director) still wants to know the "industry's" opinion on whether we
> >should go i5 or 810 and whether going to 5r3 is risky or not.
> >
> >Do you have any feedback and/or any links for articles about this?
> >
> >This is one I have found so far.
> >http://www.midrangeserver.com/fhg/fhg051204-story05.html
> >
> >Adam Lang
> >Systems Engineer
> >Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> >http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
>
>
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