RE: i5/OS on other hardware?

Steve, just curious, where did you get the $1250 for i5OS? Is there a
sticker price of $6750 for p5 somewhere? Also, does p5 have a charge for
"non-employee" users (i.e. the $4k add-on that anybody doing web needs to
buy)? That would mean that the i5 is really at $12k vs. $8k. But at that
point we aren't really talking hardware costs and instead licensing - though
maybe IBM will compete the p5 and i5 between themselves?

BTW Paul, I don't know if the rant was warranted yet and it feels more like
you might be steaming over Steve's past posts??

Later,
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:20 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: i5/OS on other hardware?

On 7/18/07, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

<rant on>
Steve, read our lips. The two systems are made on the same assembly line.
There are few differences from a hardware standpoint. Go to Rochester.
Learn more.
<rant off>

the difference is the price. the p5 is marketpriced, the i5 is overpriced.
since a 5 user entry i515 sells for $8000, that means the hardware is $6750
and i5/OS is $1250. For that $6750 you can get a dual core p5 compared to
the single core i5.

anyway, important news that the power6 is coming to the i5 2 quarters sooner
than expected. Sales did not drop off the table and at least someone in IBM
is trying to improved the system.

-Steve
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