Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

What makes you think I have any more "in" to IBM than anyone else, in regard 
to pricing? From what I see, IBM is working to make the System i more 
"competitive". Pricing is only one of the components.

And, from what I see, TPM may have provided an "unbiased" view, but it was 
not a valid comparison between actual/real-life applications and servers - 
just server specs. Unbundle the functionality of a System i and add a price 
tag to each, compare multiple application sets on a single System i to 
multiple application sets on multiple Wintel servers, and you may have a 
valid comparison.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


> On 12/8/06, albartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >The user and vendor community could build a new GUI that works with 
> > >green
> > screen apps, but such a thing would likely go nowhere if the base i5 
> > remains
> > geared down and over priced.
> >
> > This is one of the big downers of the iSeries IMO.  How does one gain 
> > access
> > to one if you don't work for a company that owns one?  I don't think
> > timeshare services count here as most people want to "play" like they 
> > "play"
> > on their PC.
>
> I share your frustration on this Aaron. User based pricing on p5
> hardware would work great for hobbyists, small software houses, SOHO
> users. This is obvious to everyone with an unbiased view, from Timothy
> Morgan of ITJungle to people on this list. That is why I was hoping
> Trevor, with his in with the IBMers, could explain what is stopping
> them from making the system more competitive.
>
> -Steve