RE: Model 170 for Personal Development

[michaelr_41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

hmmm...I dropped out of the IBM Developer lease cause of the cost of
leasing an iSeries. It was about $350/month, and a lot more expensive for
the Software Subscription Screw.

On Wed, 9 Jun 2004 14:37:21 -0500, rob@xxxxxxxxx said:
> My cable bill is $62.60/month.  That's for cable TV, internet, etc.  And 
> my wife uses the internet more than I do.
> My point is this, do you spend more on your TV viewing than on furthering 
> your career?
> Here's a radical idea.  Since most people plan on paying the cable or 
> satellite pig for all time, why not lease an i5 for home use?  Perhaps
> you 
> can get it for about the same amount as your cable bill.  And the beauty 
> of leasing is that when the new hardware comes out it's a simple matter
> of 
> adjusting your lease versus the pain of a buy decision.  And the way 
> computers are going, you might even find you're adjusting your lease 
> downwards for a better, faster machine.  We've had that happen at work.
> 
> Hey, your lease payments might even be cheaper that what you pay your 
> credit card company for that ebay'ed iseries.  Providing you make only 
> your montly minimum to your credit card company, or some such thing.
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> Mark,
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> Do you read minds ... LOL.  Yes, besides being able to
> do personal development at home I would also like to
> learn more "system" stuff like installs, IPLing, etc.
> 
> There are some smaller shops in the area that use
> one-man "contractors" and if things get rough where
> I'm currently working it would be nice to have a 
> broader background. 
> 
> And last but not least - I love this box and just GOT
> to have one!  As with anything, it tends to boil down
> to dollars and cents ;-)
> 
> Terry
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark S. Waterbury [mailto:mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 1:12 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Model 170 for Personal Development
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> > Hi, Terry:
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> > You may want to check out www.timeshare400.com and/or 
> > www.netshare400.com -- they both offer "time-sharing" where 
> > you can simply telnet into an AS/400 and you get your own 
> > userID and disk space, etc., and it is only about $10 per 
> > month, and they have ALL the software development tools, 
> > etc., all properly licensed, etc. and they maintain it all 
> > for you (keeping up with PTFs etc.)
> > 
> > Unless of course you want to get a machine because you want 
> > to learn how to IPL, how to do back-ups, how to load the OS 
> > and other software, etc. ;-)
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Mark S. Waterbury
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