On 14 Jan 2007 06:14:37 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Ted, > >Just because *you* aren't seeing them does not mean others are not. My >MIPS have been increasing and my charges, at worst, are holding their >own year over year. Keep that room in the tower, Timothy! > My view of it is that the software charge per MIP/MSU/latest measurement unit should follow the same trend as the Windows cost per megahertz. Software legitimately (added security and error checking) takes more system resource for the same business function as time goes on. If software charges don't reflect this the mainframe is going to keep on losing. The charge for software for the largest capacity z series today should be no larger than that for the comparable software on the largest 390 series 10 years ago, possibly inflation adjusted.
>Bob Richards > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL >Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:44 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Is anyone still running.......................... > >>Re: DB2 prices, by the way, what you describe isn't necessarily so >either. VWLC means a lot of DB2 customers have seen their monthly >license charges >decrease (around about Version 7 for most shops I think, depending on >when their last OS/390 LPAR disappeared and when they cut the first SCRT >reports). The zIIP technology is another reason you might see a decrease >in DB2 MLC starting with Version 8. > >Timothy! Timothy! >Get out of your ivory tower and stop drinking the Kool-aid. > >We are not seeing any of these so-called price reductions! >We are seeing longer transaction times. > >So, our prices are going up! > >On a cost-per-butt basis, it's still cheaper. >But, the costs are non-zero. >Therefore, they are going up! > > > >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
