Re: What kind of system do I work on?

On 3/9/06, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

here is a 4 way p5, with AIX or Linux, with software subscription,
with IBM support line for about $15K:

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/entry/510q/91101m3l.html

Whatever the price for DB2 the customer has the choice of running
mySql.  For web serving you can run PHP.  What would make the p5 great
is if you could run i5/OS on it for a p5 like price.

-Steve