Re: Cost of ownership IBM i vs Windows Small Business

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks.


On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And how does that comment help?
>
> Jeff,   I'll reach out to the IBMrs I know might have access to a study of
> that sort.
>
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> Jim Oberholtzer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Midrange-NonTech [mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Paul Nelson
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:20 AM
> To: 'Non-Technical Discussion about the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)'
> Subject: RE: Cost of ownership IBM i vs Windows Small Business
>
> IBM used to be able to help a great deal with this kind of information in
> the days before they launched IBM Global Systems.
>
> Paul Nelson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Midrange-NonTech [mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:02 AM
> To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Cost of ownership IBM i vs Windows Small Business
>
> All,
>
> I'm looking for studies, preferably independent, that compare the cost of
> acquisition and ownership of IBM i vs Windows for small business.  I have
> this:
>
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=WH&infotype=SA&app
> name=STGE_PO_SW_USEN&htmlfid=POL03209USEN#loaded
>
> http://tinyurl.com/opky7qv
>
> but it means nothing to the CEO because the smallest company in the study
> is
> 15-20 _times_ our size.  I want to find one applicable to companies our
> size.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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> Jeff Crosby
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> UniPro FoodService/Dilgard
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>
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> company.  Unless I say so.
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