> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL
>
> >On the same system, an IMS DB/DC system managing customer service - 6
> >to 8 seats, paying in absolute terms actually more than the CICS/DL/I
system.
> >
> >It worked out at something like $23,000/butt/month. Guess what? The
> >customer moved it to Prime, and the mainframe lost another application.
>
> You have to take all $ per all butts.
>
> You cannot cherry-pick.
As always, "it depends". My reading of Phil's example "demands"
"cherry-picking": But for the 6- to 8-seat application, there was no need
for an IMS license. In that example, licensing IMS for an application with
so little usage was much like hiring a container ship to move one box of
paperclips around. You have to rent the whole boat (with crew) regardless
how little of its capacity you want to use.
-jc-
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