Re: Allocating memory to a subsystem

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron,

If the $3K version was for a developer use, how would IBM prevent an actual
'customer' from getting the developer box and using it for, say...
production? 

In other words, how does IBM distinguish between giving a discount to the
developers who would use it to build new apps, vs. the end-customers who
would buy enough of the apps+servers to make IBM the profit they need to be
able to afford selling the $3K version to us?

Trevor


On 4/9/08 11:34 PM, "Aaron Bartell" <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Pete,
>
> Yeah, I was expecting to need a newer base system to cash in on the
> new pricing.  Anybody know what it costs for a hard drive and stick of
> memory in these new systems?  When they announced the machines I went
> out to the website and added one to my "shopping basket" and came up
> with a price of $12k total for what I needed (entry level "Express").
> Wouldn't it rock if they came up with a way to have a "hobbyist"
> version where you could get the hardware and "IBM i" for $3k?  I think
> we would see a lot more people having them in their basements and thus
> a lot more usage of the platform vs. decline.
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com