> > > John Summerfield wrote: > > > > > > > how many > > > > corporate types here could justify $US2000 a seat for a reasonable set > > > > of licences so as to leave the mainframes for income-earning activities > ? > > > > > > How did you come up with the USD2000 a seat number? > > > > Pick a number. If you have a better one, suggest it. The number is > > less important than the principle. > > The principle being what exactly?
Cheap licences for single-seat users. Allows folk to offload development from the mainframe. Some time ago I did some programming work. The tools I needed were TSO & ISPF (or equivalent), Pl/1, IMS, REXX and the application I was working on. If the business had a cheap way of deploying tiny OS/390 systems it may well have. Then dual PII was king of the heap. Now, dual Athlon or PIV. If deploying tiny mainframes was comparable in effort and cost with the cost of PCs (say) three years ago, don't you think people would do it? -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
