> Yes, in the late 1980s. > Fast forward to the 2000s and there's subcapacity workload-based licensing, > for IMS and just about everything else. Now I'm not arguing that it's the perfect answer in every situation, but it's relatively new and much more business-friendly, IMHO.
It doesn't even come close to solving the problem. In fact, after two and a half decades of attrition, it has almost no effect at all except partially helping to contain increases due to extra MIPS capacity with succeeding generations. -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
