> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [On Behalf Of McKown, John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chase, John
> > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:13 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: IBM countersues Neon over zPrime accelerator
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> <snip>
> >
> > Did that vendor also aver that the resulting quality of service
would
> > equal or exceed that of the z-based applications? Or did your
> > then-management deem that an irrelevant consideration?
> >
> > -jc-
>
> Oh, they did guarantee that the cost would be less and the performance
at least equal to the
> performance on the z. Basically the proposed a particular hardware
configuration, but stated that they
> would upgrade that configuration for no cost if performance did not
meet or exceed the performance on
> the z for the equivalent applications.
Hmmm.... You might have wound up with a "Google-plex". :-)
-jc-
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