George, You're kidding, right? Is this flame bait?
I just added 8 general purpose engines (4 per CEC) at no additional software cost. *** I would love to see YOUR expression! *** Bob Richards -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Bly Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Just another example of mainframe costs. We are running small sun boxes for unix and dell for Microsoft. We run clustered with failover. It works well. We're all fiber attached disk with large cache. It works well. Try to explain to a UNIX person that when you add an additional/similar CPU to your mainframe that your software does not change but the software cost doubles. *** Watch their expression *** George LEGAL DISCLAIMER The information transmitted is intended solely for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or taking action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you have received this email in error please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. SunTrust and Seeing beyond money are federally registered service marks of SunTrust Banks, Inc. [ST:XCL] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
