On Jan 24, 2006, at 2:42 PM, Kreiter, Chuck wrote:
I can't say I understand these articles that talk about escalating
mainframe costs.
At my company, we consistently make deals where we end up with better
storage, faster processors, etc and our costs actually go down.
Whereas, our counterparts in open systems consistently see their
hardware, software and support personnel costs go significantly. I
don't know if my boss is just a good negotiator or if everyone sees
this
trend. Vendors who have their hand out at every CPU upgrade are
generally shown the door.
Anyone else notice this or are we just unique?
Hardware is one thing software is another. A certain vendor may offer
you a cheap price but when it comes time to upgrade get out the
wheel barrels of cash.
Ed
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