On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:00:58 -0400, Clark Morris wrote: >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. >
I'd also expect some increases for additional functionality. 9672-RXA, announced 1996/11/26 and available 1996/12/02, 64 MSU. 2094-754 z9 EC 2409 MSU. Perhaps someone can tell us how the charges for some representative software compares for these two machines. Yes, I know that they will not run the same software. -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
