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Precisely. If you've ever actually worked in manufacturing, inventory,
and distribution, you know that the cost to have many physically
different models gets out of hand quickly. This was why IBM had the
interactive features back in the Power5 and previous days. The base
server and processor were indeed the same, you got different keys based
on what you needed and paid for. I know some folks were upset "But But
But the performance is IN there, IBM already manufactured it and shipped
it to me why can't I use it??" The complex answer was, well more
complex, the simple answer was: "You didn't pay for it."
THIS is why you get parts bags with a note in it that says: "You may not
use all the parts in this bag." It is way cheaper to have one parts bag
that covers 20 applications even if it's a little more expensive for
that one bag than it is to have 20 different bags that must be sourced,
stored, picked, and shipped.
- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis
www.Frankeni.com
www.iDevCloud.com - Personal Development IBM i timeshare service.
www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.
On 2/14/2017 2:15 PM, Rob Berendt wrote:
I'm sure there are those out there running on something slightly more
robust than a B10 saying "Why can't IBM come out with an even lower cost
machine that has a CPW of 10? I'm currently running fine on that." Well,
to tell you the truth cutting, torching and otherwise engineering a Power
8 chip to throttle it down that low could only add costs, not decrease
them.
Rob Berendt
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