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

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Exactly my point. The price the market will bear for the other operating
systems is whatever they cost...a few hundred dollars. The price of i5/OS is
much higher. That's the price the market bears for that operating system. I
don't think IBM just pulls numbers out of the air when they price i5/OS and
AIX and z/OS. It doesn't really matter what you think the price should be -
the market will determine that. Now, you're part of that market, and you've
shown your price point by buying a p5 with AIX from eBay. IBM probably won't
change their i5/OS price based on that, but it's one more decision that gets
added to the mix. Buy a bunch of more p5's...maybe IBM will see the decline
in i5/OS licenses and drop the price.

On 9/8/06, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
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