Timothy Sipples wrote: > As Mark Post alludes to, the author forgot lots of things, including (for > example) the traditional separation between IFL purchases and frame upgrade > purchases. That is, typically an IFL purchase much more closely resembles a > one-time charge. >
Can you elaborate on that point? And cite documentation for it? I mentioned that to my bosses in one of my many attempts to sell Linux/IFL to my management. The way I understand it, if we purchase, say, a z10 BC with an IFL, when it comes time to upgrade to the next generation processor (a z11?) we don't need to shell out that $47K again ... we pay for the new box, memory, channels, standard CPs, etc. but we get the IFL enabled "free" on the new box. Is that a correct interpretation? --Stephen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
