>From 'Clear and Present Danger'
Jack Ryan: I'm here to rent the Huey.
Helicopter owner: We don't rent it anymore, but it is for sale.
Jack Ryan: How much?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Uh, my pilot and I will have to take it for a test drive.
Helicopter owner: Of course, you just have to leave a deposit.
Jack Ryan: How much is that?
Helicopter owner: Two million dollars.
Jack Ryan: Umm...
Shows a CIA business card
Jack Ryan: Would you take a company check?
-----Original Message-----
Chase, John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ken Porowski
>
> Up to $6500 now.
>
> If I recall from the marketing, you only 'buy' an IFL once and when
> you upgrade your IFL's are already paid for.
> Now if I can pick up this 2 IFL box for $10-20K can I just have IBM
> turn on 2 IFL's on my z990 and just trash the z890?
> Quite a savings from the list price of $100K+ per IFL.
Hmmm..... If you "buy" IFLs on the open market, don't you have to pay
to have them "installed", even if you already have the "correct"
physical hardware present but disabled in your existing machine? Or
have the open-market machine "installed"?
What's the cost to "flip the switch"?
-jc-
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