About four years ago we needed to upgrade our Multiprise 2003 disk from it's 72Gb (!) of on-board disk. IBM quoted us nearly 20,000UKP to double the total capacity.
We found a used equipment broker and got a used 420Gb RVA for 12k, which they agreed to part-exchange our MP2003 internal disk for, so no money changed hands apart from for the engineer's on-site time. Despite the obvious benefits, I had one heck of a job getting it by the accounts department, who could not see past their self-imposed five-year write-down of the equipment which was then only two years old. They would rather have paid the upgrade cost than write off un-written down equipment from their books. We got it through in the end, of course, but only after some very long and protracted arguments. This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s)and may contain confidential and privileged information of Transaction NetworkServices. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution isprohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact thesender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
