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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Eric N. Bielefeld
>
> I know on my previous employer's MP3000-H50, we got a special
> pricing that went with the box. I know we were paying
> $10,000 a month for the hardware, and $30,000 a month for the
> z/OS software, including CICS and IMS, Netview, and a few
> other products. I'd be willing to bet that when we got the
> MP3000 over 4 or 5 years ago, that if we paid $5,000 a month
> for the z/OS software, we'd still be running it. Maybe
> $5,000 a month is unrealistically low, and maybe IBM would
> fold if they cut their z/OS software that much, but we see
> companies getting off the mainframe left and right now.
I wonder if they have realized that $30K per any time period times zero
licensees equals zero revenue?
-jc-
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