Re: Linux (see smaller server Iseries) -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Linux (see smaller server Iseries)
From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:32:13 -0700
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From: "Mark Allen" <allenmark@nu-z.net>
> Most of the savings are due to the machine's lack of proprietary,
> closed-source software.

That quote from Yahoo sounded rather silly to me.  IBM recouped it's cost of
MVS years ago.  The price of the IBM system is probably affected more by:

a) Competition.
b) Legacy applications won't run on a Linux only box.

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com

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