We have done that. I think it was $10,000 to convert an IFL to zIIP Alan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 13:16 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM halves mainframe Linux engine prices
On Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:53:46 -0600, Frank Swarbrick wrote: >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. You might try to get IBM to convert the IFL to a zIIP or a zAAP on your current machine. Maybe you can get a discount on that. zIIP and zAAP also carry forward. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
