RE: AIX - i5/OS feature comparison was the notorious Steve's soapbox

["Chris Payne" <CPayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why do you think that is Steve? What makes IBM price the i5 higher then
other systems? Do you think they are doing it because they want to lose
market share and drive you out of work?

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:14 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: AIX - i5/OS feature comparison was the notorious Steve's
soapbox

On 9/8/06, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "They should be sold at the same price."
>
> Do you really think price is based on (perceived) value? Price is
based on
> what the market will bear.

Windows, Linux, Sun, Mac - all priced about the same.  i5/OS is the
only exception.