RE: Planning for an iSeries future

["William A.\(Tony\) Corbett" <corbett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I've been following this along.  Don't assume that the software tier going
down will drop your packaged software costs.  I  recently did a 510 -> 720
swap, the software tier dropped from P30 to P20, and Infinium sent us a
large bill.  The software vendors are VERY aware that the software tier goes
down with a bigger box nowadays and have adjusted their pricing models
accordingly.  I believe Infinium based this cost increase on processor
feature code (CPW).

I'm in a similar boat as you.  My client has a 720, I very recently
installed a 2761 8-line comm card for Facsimile/400.  Now, I find that IBM
is planning to DISABLE this card with V5R3.  Not "no support", DISABLE.  I'm
currently campaigning to get them to NOT do this via iNation and every
channel I can find.  There is NO replacement (ok, don't email about the
2805, it won't work on a 720).  The suggested replacement is eight (yes,
that's 8) modems.  I hate modems.  They cause me more trouble than any other
single piece of hardware.

We, too, have NO NEED to upgrade.  There's plenty of capacity left on this
machine, at least for the forseeable future (a year or two).

I've been trying to get some other IBM customers on this bandwagon (strength
in numbers), but everyone just tells me to go to a PC fax
solution...something I DO NOT want to do.

You wouldn't happen to have a 2761 card in that 730, now would you???

Good luck.

AS/Resources, Inc.
William A.(Tony) Corbett
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Developer
http://www.asresources.com
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