I assume that your analysis is based on a sample scenario which does not include any zNALC LPARs, correct? If you have any zNALC LPARs then that would heavily bias the calculation downward, one would presume.
Also, is it correct to say that your calculation is based on a total IBM software number rather than on a total software number (IBM plus non-IBM)? That's a corollary to the observation that "the more products, the lower the percentage," probably. For perspective, this is the only z/OS price increase in history, and it comes amidst a very long list of z/OS price decreases. Also for comparison, the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), i.e. the annual inflation rate, is 2.9% at last report. If U.S. z/OS pricing had merely kept pace with U.S. inflation it should have increased over 31% by now rather than decreased by a lot. Said another way, you (the globally average IT worker) are getting progressively more expensive than z/OS. Let's hope we're all worth it...and better than average. :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
