Re: database market share 2003

From: Mark A <ma_at_switchboard.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 13:42:00 -0600
Message-ID: <Tlpwc.41$Ew5.36764@news.uswest.net>

"Data Goob" <datagoob_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:WOlwc.1860$g12.1282_at_fe41.usenetserver.com...
> What's the price for a zSeries z990?
>
> I've been perusing the z990 webpages over at ibm.com
> but no prices. It's intriguing to see mainframes in
> vogue running Linux, but no context of how fast these
> things are and how much they cost to implement. The
> jargon is also completely opaque unless you grew up
> in a mainframe environment, which I did not.
>

Here is the announcement letter for z990. IBM does not publish prices for mainframes because they require complex configuration of all the components. An IBM representative will give you a quote. http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss?DocURL=http://d03xhttpcl001g.boulder.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca/8/897/ENUS104-118/index.html&InfoType=AN&InfoSubType=CA&InfoDesc=Announcement+Letters&panelurl=OIX.wss%3Fbuttonpressed%3DNAV002PT112&paneltext=Announcements

For future reference, here is the IBM Announcement search page: http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/OIX.wss?buttonpressed=NAV002PT090 Received on Sat Jun 05 2004 - 14:42:00 CDT