Re: Power 11 and software vendors?

[Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, even with IBM PowerVS in the cloud I have to know how to flip burgers to get the VM to work.

Like the burger king analogy I do more than make burgers. And so does Burger King 😊 

Regards,
Richard Schoen
Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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date: Fri, 11 Jul 2025 08:33:28 -0400
from: Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: Re: Power 11 and software vendors?

Richard,
That is a good question.  Like the Burger King analogy "we make burgers"
does that vendor just want to concentrate on their line of business?  If your business model is not to help customers to set up machines does having your own machine on site help you?  Likely not.  Even if it is, does having an out of date model running a single LPAR of IBM i with maybe Lan Console help you with a customer with multiple LPAR machine with VIOS and a HMC?
Likely not.
Getting vendors current on releases and hardware so they can support me going to IBM i 7.6 is like trying to pull teeth from an unsedated tiger.
I'm starting to think that many of them would be better off on cloud.

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:20?PM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Is it worth a small vendor owning a Power 10 or 11 with all the cloud 
> options available today ?
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> Web: http://www.richardschoen.net
> Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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> message: 1
> date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:52:20 -0600
> from: "Diego E. Kesselman" <diegokesselman@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: Re: Power 11 and software vendors?
>
> Stefan,
>
> All P05 systems are really limited (4 cores, 64GB, 3.2TB raw)
>
> If you are thinking of a P10 , the S1122 is a good option.
>
> --
> Saludos/Regards
>
> Diego E. KESSELMAN