Now that is the kind of response, I, a mainframe type, can work with. On the 390 side there is little negotiation on number of engines, just on price. (OK so the net result may be the same thing.)
Assuming that this consolidation project goes anywhere near plans, I can see a lot of other "loads" being migrated, which then pushs us to another IFL and potentionally another license for every product (right now, without much software, a second IFL is going to cost about $150K in software charges. As the number of unique software products increase, the number of licenses * processors increase...I worry about moving us towards a $300k- $400k software bill for each new IFL. It seems like we are back to some simular to tiered software charges that historically limited us from increasing the 390 workload.) As I said before, going to 32 IFLs in a mixed load environment, doesn't seem to scale well. I would rather have a 'roadmap' that all vendors may sign on to, that sets some terms and limits instead of each shop having to negotiate starting at square one. Not every shop has the talent for this. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting "I should have explicitly stated that "Terms and Conditions" are whatever you negotiate them to be. What the vendors publish is the starting point of the discussion. All vendors are interested in successful customers, and I think most will work with a customer to help them achieve that success. Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
