On 8/6/2014 12:22 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 wrote:
I stand corrected. I was not aware that such systems were available. One site
I saw after a brief search will even sell you a 12-core Xeon with Win7 Pro or
Win 8.1 Pro for less than $4,200.
I also stand corrected that there are only 4-core i7 CPU's. I see now that
there are 6-core versions, the i7-3930K for $600 and the i7-3960K Extreme
Edition for $1,070.
However, those IBM prices do mean RD&T is not really feasible for interested
tinkerers. Especially with a 15% annual renewal fee.
OTOH an obvious boon for genuine ISV's (or others with $$$ to spend).
Peter
Peter,
The RD&T offering is not really for ISV's, they have PartnerWorld for
that (even though ISV's could get RD&T just like anyone else). For me,
the breakthrough here is that IBM is agreeing to license z/OS to ANYONE,
at prices that rival the middle of the road MSDN offering, AND LOWER
than the top 2 MSDN offerings. Over 10 years, my RD&T offering, even
with 15% renewal will be less total cost than the 2199/yr MSDN offering.
So while TCA is a little higher, TCO in the long run is going to be
better. Since I expect to be working for another 15-20 years, RD&T is
going to average me well less than 2K/yr.
Tom
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