Re: IBM is leasing on-prem System i servers

You should have contacted IBM about their development programs. Then you
could have paid about 7k for the system.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 6:33 PM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

About 6 years ago I had an opportunity to write and sell a menu system
along
with several other "consulting projects" that required me to have my own
machine. After a lot of debating, I broke down and spent $20K+ for a new
Power 720 Express so I would have a number of years of OS upgradability.

Assuming this line in the article is correct "The subscription bundle
includes all hardware, software and services...", I would have gladly
jumped
at this option for $600 a year. Instead, I paid the equivalent of a 40+
year lease for a machine that is maxed out at V7.3. :(

I might just have to look into what this lease really includes and maybe
sell my machine while it still has some value.

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Subject: Re: IBM is leasing on-prem System i servers

from the article:
"... Who in the world uses a single-core server in 2022? ..."



On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 6:29 PM Laurence Chiu <lchiu7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is an interesting development.


https://www.networkworld.com/article/3672213/ibm-is-leasing-on-prem-sy
stem-i-servers.html

For small or large shops with a small number of users of IBMi, this
could be a good option to purchase compute capability and also IBM

support.

It certainly created some interest in my current work environment.
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