Re: Hardware (was: System i Innovation Award -- Community Support category)

["Mark Allen" <scprideandms@xxxxxxxxx>]

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On 5/2/07, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 5/2/07, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Steve Richter wrote:
> > > now if he would only use his elevated
> > > standing to force IBM to drop i5 hardware and run i5/OS on the market
> > > priced, super fast p5 ... )
> >
> > Um, don't the System i and System p both run on the same hardware?
>
> they do. and Ian Jarman says there is no technical or performance
> reason why i5/OS cannot run on the p5.  Now that IBM is selling i5/OS
> at $250 per user, the price of systems running i5/OS should be p5
> hardware + $250 per user. Only Herring and Jarman ( I guess ) insist
> on surcharges that price the system out of competing in the
> marketplace.
>
> Check out the p5 and i5 entry system websites.  the p5's is much more
> customer friendly and has lots more systems to offer:
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/jsp/express/p/index.jsp
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/jsp/express/i/index.jsp
>
> -Steve
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