Edward Jaffe wrote:
[...]
zAAP and zIIP specialty engines, which take over more and more work as
more and more products are enhanced to exploit them,
IMHO it is not enhancement. From financial point of view yes, but
technically the product is not better than version working on regular
CP. This is definitely some effort, like IBM's effort to create such
"specialies", but the word "enhancement" is not the best description IMHO.
and the technology
dividend, which makes the z10 27% less expensive from a software
licensing perspective than z900, are elements of an overarching strategy
to gradually *lower* the price of z/OS even as MIPS use is exploding.
I really don't want to blame neither mainframe, nor IBM, but 27% is MSU
base, not fee. It would be the same percentage if function fee=f(MSU)
would be linear. It's not, of course it's growing (is proper math term?).
So 27% MSU less means lower fees but not necessarily 27% less.
AND IT'S VERY FINE that we have "technology dividend".
However we can also keep in mind that the "divident" makes second-hand
machines less attractive. Second hand is nowadays the only IBM competitor.
If the price was slashed overnight, the market would crash and IBM would
lose too much money. (So would a lot of ISVs.)
IBM yes, but ISV? I doubt. Imagine: due to lower costs of mainframe (and
z/OS) more and more companies buy mainframe as new platform. That means
more and more companies need ISV's products, ISV's hardware, services.
That also could mean you sold not 1000, but 5000 licenses, so you can
lower your prices ...no, not because you can or like customers, just to
beat competition.
Oh, sweet dreams, mainframes everywhere, everyone need my skills, people
schedule my course in 6 months advance, employers compete for me, offer
me flexible working hours, company cars, medical care... <vbg>
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Lodz, Poland
P.S. When talking about money, it is necessary to mention WLC. IMHO this
is the greatest thing IBM did for mainframe pricing.
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