Re: IBM will announce two new System i models, 515 and 525 on Apr. 10.

["Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/11/07, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Steve Richter
> >
> > I hope you are right, but IBM is still charging twice the market price
> > and limiting the number of cores.  ITJungle says the entry i515 comes
> > with 5 users @ $250 per user with a final price of $7995.  The two
> > lowest priced entry p5 systems are priced at $2995 and $3717. On those
> > systems, you add AIX or Linux and you are ready to run. If i5/OS was
> > available on the p5 the price would be $4245 and $4967.  Why the extra
> > $3000 for the i515??  ( If the answer is DB2, then why the higher
> > price per user for i5/OS than AIX? )
>
> Steve, having been one of the great detractors of your comments over the
> years, I have to say that your crystal ball has been the clearest of any of
> us.  And now that IBM seems to want to turn the i5 into a low-end server
> commodity box, I really can no longer argue with your points.

I've fallen off my chair and I cant get up ;)

-Steve