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

" I dont understand why the people on this list are so
accepting of the premium pricing of the system." The reason that you
don't understand is that you refuse to listen when people explain it to
you. Ford and GM have problems that are unrelated to their pricing; most
of their problems are cost related. IBM is a very profitability company
that no doubt has a team of finance experts that spend all of their time
analyzing pricing. What makes you think that IBM lowering the price of
the i5 would result in enough additional market share to offset the loss
in margin? Have you done an in depth analysis? You are upset because the
shrinking market share is bad for you, and that is your right, but can
you at least understand that IBM is pursuing it's own best interests?

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richter
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:32 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: AIX - i5/OS feature comparison was the notorious Steve's
soapbox

On 9/8/06, Chris Payne <CPayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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?

Why are GM and Ford such lousy companies?  Timothy Prickett Morgan at
ITJungle writes that IBM management has a quarter by quarter outlook
on things. I dont understand why the people on this list are so
accepting of the premium pricing of the system.  But whatever. I am
mostly curious to know how AIX and i5/OS compare against each other.

-Steve