On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:18:01 -0500, Rich Smrcina wrote: >There may be some savings on z/OS software costs with the new hardware >as well. Do you require a full blown z/OS? If you can run z/OS.e, for >instance (it's been renamed recently and I don't recall the new name), >the savings could be quite significant. >
And you can run sub-capacity. Depending on how much of your machine capacity you use and how you manage your work load, this can save you significant money as well. Third party software will still be an issue. Negotiation skills are important there. Good Luck. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
