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Re: ITJungle report on i5 pricing and marketing was: More COMMON

Steve,
When you compare apples and lemons based on specification numbers, and don't measure real world performance, or realworld application mix, you can mislead many - as apparently you have been... 

Trevor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Richter" 
Subject: ITJungle report on i5 pricing and marketing was: More COMMON



On 9/13/06, Holden Tommy <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Tommy, read this recent report by ITJungle. It rips IBM for over
charging for the system.  The article uses the "geared down" term to
describe the i520 systems that most i5 customers are buying.

http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh080706-story01.html

"...As I have said for many years, I think IBM's high prices for
configured machines--with or without 5250 support--are limiting the
appeal of the System i5 among the small and medium businesses that are
the bread and butter of this OS/400 ecosystem. ..."

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