Re: Power 11 and software vendors?

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

Its why I went to the cloud.  And because IBM doesn't offer vendor
discounts any more.

Anyone need a power 8 that is just sitting in my office?  Can I make it
mine bitcoin or something haha.

On Wed, Jul 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> How much of a factor, if any, is the availability of Power 11 playing with
> IBM i Vendor software?
> Meaning, how many vendors were hoping to bypass spending the money on Power
> 10, and go straight to Power 11?  If IBM keeps the pattern up, iNext will
> be out in 2028 and will likely not run on Power 10 so, if you have to
> upgrade, why not try to go with a 6 year life and not a 3 year life?  And
> get a P11 instead of a P10?  I know it's a factor in our roll out.  We have
> a Power 9 which we need to replace.
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