>>> On 12/6/2008 at 10:01 AM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > If it's a matter of software cost, how does Linux on z compare? > Of course, the OS is cheaper, but do vendors of applications and > support for the OS still see it as a z and charge z-like prices?
I can't speak for all vendors, but for the IBM products that I'm familiar with, they charge the same as they do for midrange systems. Oracle does the same. Not sure about SAP. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
