We did. After changing our z9's to z196's, a vendor asked such a ridiculous price for one product that we took the jump to convert to the IBM version of this functionality, where installing a new product, training on it and converting the database and procedures and even getting used to the IBM peculiarities was more than benificial...
Kees. "Hal Merritt" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>.. . > Our economic culture demands growth. If a publicly traded company cannot sustain grown in revenues and profitability then investors get annoyed and move their money elsewhere. > > An incumbent ISV can take a calculated risk and increase prices because we are very reluctant to change products. There is the cost of training and sometimes conversion. And the cost is sometimes not so much money as it is clock time. Not to mention political issues. > > But we all are being pushed and pushed hard to cut costs and grow profits. At some point it starts to make business sense to look at competing products. And at some other point I guess it makes sense to change products. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) > Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: ISV software costs based on MIPS > > In <[email protected]>, > on 05/30/2012 > at 03:26 PM, Hal Merritt <[email protected]> said: > > >No ISV wants a pricing strategy that potentially reduces income. > > Does that include a pricing policy that gives customers an incentive to switch to a competitor? > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended > exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, > together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please > immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ******************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
