"2. EOM and EOS are important, but IMHO prices are more important. In many cases it is cheaper to replace machine than to buy service contract for existing (old) one. And it is rather cheaper to buy newer model even if new and new-1 are available."
The purchase of hardware is CAPEX. The purchase of a service contract is OPEX. OPEX is an expense and affects income, therefore you do not have to pay income tax on it. CAPEX affects fixed assets and there are taxes to be paid on it. There is a point where it is less expensive to replace, say a model with one that is newer (maybe a z13 with a z16). But in general, it is less expensive to maintain an existing piece of equipment than to buy a new one (depreciation and all). Joe On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 4:46 AM R.S. <[email protected]> wrote: > W dniu 18.01.2021 o 10:55, Peter pisze: > > Hello All, > > > > Just curious to understand what is the minimum duration for the z > hardware > > to be from withdrawn from marketing ? > > > > Are there any specific factor IBM follows ? > > There is excellent paper describing all the dates (GA, EOM, EOS). > I found the link: > > https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/system/files/inline-files/IBM_Mainframe_Life_Cycle_History_V2.6_-_Oct_13_2020.pdf > > Few remarks > 1. There is no looooong term comitment saying, let's say z16 will be > available for minimum 5 years. Everytime this is decision of IBM. > 2. EOM and EOS are important, but IMHO prices are more important. In > many cases it is cheaper to replace machine than to buy service contract > for existing (old) one. And it is rather cheaper to buy newer model even > if new and new-1 are available. > 3. There are other issues, like upgrade availability. Usually IBM first > close "physical" upgrades, that means new hardware elements (cards, > DRAWERs, etc.) Later IBM close microcode upgrades - this is reasonable, > since they do not deliver anything physically. > 4. There are independent service providers. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > ====================================================================== > > Jeśli nie jesteś adresatem tej wiadomości: > > - powiadom nas o tym w mailu zwrotnym (dziękujemy!), > - usuń trwale tę wiadomość (i wszystkie kopie, które wydrukowałeś lub > zapisałeś na dysku). > Wiadomość ta może zawierać chronione prawem informacje, które może > wykorzystać tylko adresat. Przypominamy, że każdy, kto rozpowszechnia > (kopiuje, rozprowadza) tę wiadomość lub podejmuje podobne działania, > narusza prawo i może podlegać karze. > > mBank S.A. z siedzibą w Warszawie, ul. Prosta 18, 00-850 Warszawa, > www.mBank.pl, e-mail: [email protected]. Sąd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy > XII Wydział Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sądowego, KRS 0000025237, NIP: > 526-021-50-88. Kapitał zakładowy (opłacony w całości) według stanu na > 01.01.2020 r. wynosi 169.401.468 złotych. > > Jesteśmy administratorem twoich danych osobowych, które podałeś w związku > z prowadzoną z nami korespondencją. Przetwarzamy te dane dla celów, które > wynikają z przedmiotu korespondencji, w tym związanych z prowadzoną > działalnością bankową. > Więcej informacji o tym jak chroniony i przetwarzamy dane osobowe > znajdziesz w Pakietach RODO (w wersji polskiej i angielskiej), które są na > www.mbank.pl/rodo > > > If you are not the addressee of this message: > > - let us know by replying to this e-mail (thank you!), > - delete this message permanently (including all the copies which you have > printed out or saved). > This message may contain legally protected information, which may be used > exclusively by the addressee.Please be reminded that anyone who > disseminates (copies, distributes) this message or takes any similar > action, violates the law and may be penalised. > > mBank S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw, ul. Prosta 18, 00-850 > Warszawa,www.mBank.pl, e-mail: [email protected]. District Court for the > Capital City of Warsaw, 12th Commercial Division of the National Court > Register, KRS 0000025237, NIP: 526-021-50-88. Fully paid-up share capital > amounting to PLN 169.401.468 as at 1 January 2020. > > We are the controller of your personal data, which you provided in > connection with correspondence with us. We process your data for purposes > resulting from the subject of correspondence, including those related to > the banking services. > More information on how we protect and process personal data can be found > in the GDPR Packages (in English and Polish), which are on > www.mbank.pl/rodo. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
