Re: ITJungle report on i5 pricing and marketing was: More COMMON

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

When you compare apples and lemons based on specification numbers, and don't 
measure real world performance, or realworld  application mix, you can 
mislead many - as apparently you have been...

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Richter"
Subject: ITJungle report on i5 pricing and marketing was: More COMMON


> On 9/13/06, Holden Tommy <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tommy, read this recent report by ITJungle. It rips IBM for over
> charging for the system.  The article uses the "geared down" term to
> describe the i520 systems that most i5 customers are buying.
>
> http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh080706-story01.html
>
> "...As I have said for many years, I think IBM's high prices for
> configured machines--with or without 5250 support--are limiting the
> appeal of the System i5 among the small and medium businesses that are
> the bread and butter of this OS/400 ecosystem. ..."