Tom Marchant writes: >You do us no service when you admonish us to read the announcement >for information that is not there.
My apologies, Tom. You're absolutely right. At minimum I should have been more precise. Step one is to grab the part number(s) and calculate the value units (VUs). Both those bits of information are in the announcement letter. Armed with that information I believe Shop zSeries can provide the prices in most parts of the world. As another data point, here's a sample z/OS.e configuration at 3 MSUs: z/OS.e Base z/OS.e Security Server (incl. RACF) z/OS.e RMF z/OS.e C/C++ Compiler I think that's a valid configuration and that I didn't forget any mandatory elements, but please check me on that. Actually, the C/C++ compiler at least is optional, but it's only $6/month at this capacity. Full monthly U.S. price is $126/month (but please check me on that, too) including (if it's not obvious) the regular support (opening z/OS.e PMRs and such). This is why I have near-term aspirations of putting a genuine mainframe in my house. :-) If anyone would like to ship their z800 to me, please send me an e-mail. - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
