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Re: IBM will announce two new System i models, 515 and 525 on Apr. 10.

On 4/11/07, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Steve Richter
>
> I hope you are right, but IBM is still charging twice the market price
> and limiting the number of cores. ITJungle says the entry i515 comes
> with 5 users @ $250 per user with a final price of $7995. The two
> lowest priced entry p5 systems are priced at $2995 and $3717. On those
> systems, you add AIX or Linux and you are ready to run. If i5/OS was
> available on the p5 the price would be $4245 and $4967. Why the extra
> $3000 for the i515?? ( If the answer is DB2, then why the higher
> price per user for i5/OS than AIX? )

Steve, having been one of the great detractors of your comments over the
years, I have to say that your crystal ball has been the clearest of any of
us. And now that IBM seems to want to turn the i5 into a low-end server
commodity box, I really can no longer argue with your points.

I've fallen off my chair and I cant get up ;)

-Steve

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