Just a correction: $40K not $4K...
Carlos Alberto Bodra S/390 System Programmer Sao Paulo - Brazil -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe Poole Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 9:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Per engine pricing.. On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:22 pm, Tom Duerbusch wrote: > > But hardware and software costs are things that any accountant can > see. Real dollars. All the rest of the stuff is soft dollars. > Informed people know there are savings and have gut feels that justify > things. > Try explaining those things to a government watchdog reporter. You > got 5 minutes...now go... > OK. (scratches chin) Check out that electric bill. $200 per year times 200 servers that were shut off. Only $4k. Allright, how about the refund on prepaid maintenance, at about $1k per year. Better. How about avoiding the costs of buying new (planned) servers for Windows-only applications by recycling the vacant ones? Did we avoid building a new facility because we ran out of floor space? Can we take another look at the DR contract and drop coverage for 200 servers? I don't like to eliminate jobs, but how many techs took care of 200 servers? (I'd rather turn them into Linux gurus and have them be even more creative.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 E-mail classificado pelo Identificador de Spam Inteligente Terra. Para alterar a categoria classificada, visite http://mail.terra.com.br/protected_email/imail/imail.cgi?+_u=cbodra&_l=1,111 2962275.257383.27082.malavi.terra.com.br,3708,Des15,Des15 Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra. Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 07/04/2005 / Vers�o: 4.4.00 - Dat 4464 Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
