Re: What kind of system do I work on?

This parity argument is bogus, IMO. In order to have parity between i5 and p5, 
IBM would need to sell just the box, without the database and without most of 
the utilities that come with it - like most of the CL commands that let us do 
so much right out of the gate.

Trouble is, most of the world does not think about what is installed before 
arguing for price parity - a loaded p5 is not cheap, either. Nor is a Wintel 
box with enough licenses for SQL Server and all the client licenses.

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> 

> On 3/9/06, David Gibbs wrote: 
> > A co-worker just forwarded me an email he got inviting him to a ISV 
> > breakfast meeting for "System i" ISV's. 
> > 
> > Did I miss something again? I thought it was "System i5"? 
> > 
> > As useless as the change from AS400 to iSeries was, I *LIKED* iSeries. 
> > It was easy to search on. 
> > 
> > How can the market get interested on a system when the name keeps 
> > getting changed ... and inconsistently at that. 
> 
> how are the new i5 systems selling? I think our only chance of 
> surviving is if sales drop and IBM is forced to introduce pricing 
> parity between the i5 and p5. 
> 
> Here is a decently equipped 270 that sold today on ebay for $621.77 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5874786049 
> 
> Here is a fun interview with Jim Gray, a database guru at MSFT. 
> http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=168181 
> 
> What he said in the interview that caught my attention had nothing to 
> do with databases. Gray said when he went to work for DEC he and 
> everyone else thought the company was healthy, but in actuality it was 
> in a "power dive". What is our system doing lately? 
> 
> -Steve 
> 
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