> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 9:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FW:A Letter To The FLEX-ES Community > > > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:11:49 +0100, Phil Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > RESEARCH.FREESERVE.CO.UK> wrote: > > >> The IBMers here are technical, not political or bean counters. > > > >What a load of gonads. Why do they keep posting press releases about > >obscure analysts that no one has ever heard of? > > I stand corrected. Thanks. And what about always posting about how > cheap the hardware is getting? > > Tom Marchant
Well, it depends on how you look at it, right? The price / performance ratio is decreasing (or price per MIP in the old days). However, since IBM is "killing" the lower performance systems, there are no inexpensive machines (well that $100,000 z9BC is relatively inexpensive for a z9 system, but compared to an xSeries? and it doesn't include any peripherials). For example, suppose that it cost $100,000 for a 200 MIP box. That is 100,000/200 or $500/MIP. The next box out says that it only costs $250/MIP. So it costs 1/2 as much. But now the minimum MIP value is 500. So the box itself costs $125,000. So it costs more in actual price. Oh, and this doesn't address the software cost, which for many OEM vendors is "linear" and based on the "total MIP" size of the box. So your "cheaper per MIP" box has an astronomical software cost. This has been cussed and discussed here many times. I have my opinion, but I don't want to start that thread again. Yes, I understand that MIP is a bad word. I just used it because I can type it easily. Replace it with whatever you wish, such as MSU or group-model or capacity model or ... -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
