> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:58 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? > > No. > And, you lose it on subsequent upgrades. > > >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. > > I would recommend you keep it, even if you don't use it. > It's already paid for, why remove it? > - > Too busy driving to stop for gas!
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