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

I don't know how IBM price their stuff, tho' I remember when I first worked for 
JBA years ago when they were very small, and they had just put the prices of 
the SOP package up, I don't remember exactly how much but it was quite a jump. 
When asked how they came to that figure the reply was "we think its as much as 
the customers will bear without too much fuss". Two (or was it 3) of the 
founders of JBA were ex IBM'ers. Don't know how much that may have influenced 
them.

Like I say I don't know how IBM come to their pricing, and I don't really have 
an opinion on whether it is too high or not, this thread just brought that 
memory back to the surface.

Steve



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Van: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Namens Michael Ryan
Verzonden: vrijdag 8 september 2006 15:23
Aan: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Onderwerp: Re: AIX - i5/OS feature comparison was the notorious Steve's
soapbox


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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