> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Swarbrick > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM halves mainframe Linux engine prices > > What can be expected if we *drop* the IFL when migrating to > the new machine? Is there a discount of some sort? > For reasons I shall not get in to (as I probably don't have > all of the facts) we are planning on eliminating the IFL we > currently have when we go to our next machine. > > Thanks! > Frank
You get *NOTHING* if you do that. We eliminated our IFL when we went from our z890 to our z9BC. All we got was a reduction in the hardware maintenance cost (no more maint for the IFL). And, from what I gather, if you ever want an IFL again, you must pay FULL PRICE for it on the new machine. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
