Re: System i Revenue Up

[Jerry Adams <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To an extent that's true.  Certainly, I guess, > 75% (maybe much 
greater).  After all, that hour job I used to run on a S/3 would, I'm 
guessing, take 1-2 minutes (if that) on our 520. 

But, while the 520 can't do MFCU processing, it can do a whole lot of 
things that even the Mod 15D couldn't do.  So, I'm still guessing here, 
functionality plays a role, too.

	* Jerry C. Adams
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Al Barsa wrote:
> With all due respect to *EVERYBODY at IBM, System i (AS/400) customers buy
> CPW.  They don't care id it's powered by POWER 4, POWER 5, POWER 6,
> System/38 or an abacus.
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> In its earnings report last week
> <http://www.ibm.com/investor/4q07/index.phtml>, IBM announced that
> revenue for System i was up 2%. It’s the first time System i revenue has
> been up year-over-year in two years. The chief financial officer at IBM,
> Mark Loughridge, said the rise was due to the introduction of Power6
> System i 570.
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> Although the 2% increase is compared to a 10% decrease in the fourth
> quarter of 2006, it’s still a whole lot better than it going down again.
> And given Loughridge’s reasons for the increase, it’s fair to think that
> revenues might continue to rise in 2008 when more Power6 boxes become
> available.
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> (Reported on Search400.com)
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