> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George Henke > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 11:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z9 / z10 instruction speed(s) > > Agreed. > > So the next time I fill up at the gas station the price > should be based on > horsepower. All the SUV's should pay vastlly more for the > same gas that I > use for my Honda Civic. > > I always use high-test since high-octane is always better > even for small > cars, better mileage and cooler running engines. The grade > of gas used > affects the temperature of the engine. It is one reason, why > airplanes use > special high octane gas. > > Capacity based pricing has nothing but "greed" written all over it. > > How can IBM even keep a straight face when they say "shipping > capacity that > isn't used 'doesn't make sense'" > > What doesn't make sense is "capacity-based pricing". > > Rationalization: Completely logical, just not true.
Well, I think you've hit the nail on the head! We need software pricing to be like gas pricing. The more gas your car uses, the more you pay. I guess the quality of the software would relate to the octane of the gas. You want better software, you'd better want to pay more for it than for the lesser software. Any "metering" of software needs to be done on the basis of actual usage, not on the theoretical maximum use that you could have run it if you had run it continuously and nothing else. Examples that come to mind: CA-7 price based on number of jobs scheduled per month. CA-1 price based on total number of tape volumes managed. CICS price based on number of transactions, file and database I/O, etc. per month. Hum, how to cost out z/OS itself? -- 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
