On 22 Apr 2009 11:29:57 -0700, [email protected] (John McKown) wrote: >This is the case where "n" smaller servers are "better" than the mainframe. >Most, if not all, z shops upgrade their processors due to the increase in >their application workload. That is, they are running the same software, but >more data or running more CPU intensive software that they wrote themselves. >However, every <elided> vendor assumes that when you upgrade your CPU it is >simply to run their software even more. So the software bill goes up through >the roof.
Hmmm, IBM changes its charges depending on how much of the computer is being used, competing with smaller boxes ability to easily expand. It appears that some kind of monitor of 3rd party software usage could be used to create competitive upgrades to their license fees. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
