Reader Feedback On Fun With IBM i Software Pricing
November 14, 2011 Hey, TPM
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You said: “So, if you have an entry Power 710 or 720 machine, you are paying $7.29 per day to use IBM i 7.1.” I’m based in the United Kingdom, so the numbers are different over here, but how does that stack up compared to the utilities cost per employee, I wonder? And maybe the phone bill? And the cost of IT support staffing to keep everyone up and running? I’m sure I heard that the corporate rate for IT support was horrendous for Windows and it’s not like you can access an IBM i without using Windows these days, is it? Perhaps IBM hopes you won’t notice that big old sticker price amongst all those day-to-day nickel and dime costs? Perhaps you shouldn’t. . . . P.S. I freely admit to being far too lazy to do the math on those questions! Regards, –Richard If you want to skew the results even more, add the cost of ISV software. I did a similar analysis looking at the cost to deliver a million CPWs including the cost of standard ISV software. While IBM gets its slice, the ISVs are even worse. We moved an old iSeries 270 system into an LPAR on a Power 595. The ISV wanted over $125,000 for three partitions. I asked them to help me explain to my line of business manager the increased business value they were receiving for the extra $125,000, as we were keeping the same CPWs in the partitions. The answer was: “It’s our pricing model.” I believe you can translate that into: “We have you by the short hairs and we don’t care.” –DS RELATED STORIES Fun With IBM i Software Pricing The Cost of IBM i Versus CPW on Current Power Systems IBM Gooses Power Systems Storage and Networking I/O, Memory Boosted On Entry, Enterprise Power Systems IBM Readies October Power Systems Announcements Start Planning For New Systems Now That Faster Power 750 Motor Is Made for IBM i Shops IBM Doubles Up Power7 Blade Sockets, Cranks Power 750 Clocks IBM i Dominates the CPW Capacity Budget The Little Power7 Engines That Could–And Those That Won’t Power 720: Same Entry Price, But More Room to Grow at Less Cost IBM Ducks i Pricing on Most Entry Power7 Servers BladeCenter S Express i Edition Gets a Power7 Upgrade IBM Rounds Out Entry Power7 Server Lineup Let’s Take Another Stab at Power7 Blade Bang for the Buck IBM’s Power7 Blades Pack a CPW Punch IBM Peddles Baby BladeCenter PS700 Express Blade Box The Power7 Systems Sales Pitch i/OS Gets Short Sheeted with Power7 Thread Counts Power7: Yields Are Good, Midrange Systems A Go The Power7 Rollout Begins In The Middle
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