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

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nice print spooler on that AIX system too...no, wait..it sucks...that's
right. And ranks right up there with the work management capabilities (the
nice and ps utilities).

On 8/2/06, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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