Hello from Gregg C Levine For me, too. Personally I think we should persuade IBM to actually assist the hobby computer market, by providing releases of, say, VM, that have been removed from the normal sales channels. It would be provided on a, pay for the distribution media, but don't bother us for service, and support. But I might be leaving myself open to a complaint from Jim Elliot for shooting my mouth, or writing talents off, without thinking here, so don't quote me in context. ------------------- Gregg C Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------ "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi "Use the Force, Luke."� Obi-Wan Kenobi (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi ) (This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )
> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > John Summerfield > Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 11:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] IBM has no realistic entry-level offering in the > mainframe space > > On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:42, you wrote: > > $13K entry point (not 20K) for their own system with software loan amounts > > to an impediment that forecloses their effort. I am aware of one-man > > shops taking IBM up on the offering, so Mr. Szumovski's post to the > > contrary is factually incorrect. > > > Some may find $US13 000 affordable. For me, it's sometthing to dream about. > > > > -- > Cheers > John Summerfield > > > Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ > Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at > http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
