Re: If there were a sufficient money stream in the "ma and pas", IBM would

Nice print spooler on that AIX system too...no, wait..it sucks...that's
right. And ranks right up there with the work management capabilities (the
nice and ps utilities).

On 8/2/06, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 8/2/06, Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This is familar song from you. I am curious as to what
> you think a current box with the OS should cost ?
>
> I'll make it simple...entry level box with 10 users
> which currently sells for $11k from IBM.
>
> What exactly do you think that box should sell for ?

for the same price a p5/AIX/DB2 system would sell for.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/entry/505/91151f1a.html

1 core p5 505 express: $3400
AIX 5.3: $150
3 yr SWMA: $807
DB2: $624 + $124 per user. 10 users: $1864
total price: $6221

That is almost half the price for CPW that well exceeds the 600 CPW of
the i5 520 entry.

-Steve
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