Re: If there were a sufficient money stream in the "ma and pas", IBM would

On 8/2/06, Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This is familar song from you. I am curious as to what
you think a current box with the OS should cost ?

I'll make it simple...entry level box with 10 users
which currently sells for $11k from IBM.

What exactly do you think that box should sell for ?

for the same price a p5/AIX/DB2 system would sell for.
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/p/hardware/entry/505/91151f1a.html

1 core p5 505 express: $3400
AIX 5.3: $150
3 yr SWMA: $807
DB2: $624 + $124 per user. 10 users: $1864
total price: $6221

That is almost half the price for CPW that well exceeds the 600 CPW of
the i5 520 entry.

-Steve