Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

Honestly that's the answer.

<vendor response>
For $100 a month you can have your own partition on iDevCloud. It's yours you run whatever you want (so long as it's not for commercial development). You can be qsecofr, you can do PTFs, etc. We put the release level you want on it. You don't pay for hardware maintenance, software maintenance, licensed program products, IBM i etc. You access it 24 hours a day from anywhere.

Trust me I'm at least a much a hardware geek as you are but you end up putting a lot more than $100 a month into your own box, aaaaaand yours probably isn't legal. :-)
</vendor response>

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

www.Frankeni.com
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www.iInTheCloud.com - Commercial IBM i Cloud Hosting.

On 2/2/2018 6:54 PM, Steve Pitcher wrote:

Why not just do cloud?



Steve Pitcher
iTech Solutions
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bradley Stone
Sent: Friday, February 2, 2018 6:12 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Acquiring a used IBM i Server - (repost)

If you're a developer, try contacting IBM to see if they can get you a new little 21A or something. They often give discounts to developers.

I've got a nice little 515 sitting doing nothing stuck at V5R4. Trying to figure out something cool to do with it. I'd sell it, but shipping on it would cost a LOT.

Bradley V. Stone
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On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2/2/2018 2:52 PM, Scott Williams wrote:

I'd like to find a modest and affordable (not several thousands of

dollars)

machine I can call my own for a decent length of time (Is 5 years
asking too much?) Any tips to assist in my search?

Professional equipment dealers simply can't afford to give a hobbyist
a 20k discount on a 21k machine; especially when they can /easily/ get
the 21k they're looking for by selling to a business - a business
which will generate repeat revenue for them.

No, the economics are not in the hobbyist's favour here. I keep my
eye on the local business closings / bankruptcy notices. They
sometimes sell off their assets for pennies on the dollar, and a few
of them have enough staff left to do what it takes to legally transfer
the license keys. The businesses which close tend to not use current
generation computers, so patience is truly a virtue here.

If I were you, I would develop /now/ on a timeshare machine/ Enhance
your skills - join one of the open source projects! Don't let your
skill set fade away while you wait for the perfect machine to come around.

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