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  • Reader Feedback On Fun With IBM i Software Pricing

    November 14, 2011 Hey, TPM

    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

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