I hate my "mushroom"* status.
The old price we "doubled" from was a 7-month pro-rated price to align
us with our new fiscal year, which means the price we rejected was a 58%
discount over last year.


* (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_management)

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Conway, Timothy
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 11:31 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Alternatives to TSM

IBM just doubled our maintenance, so we're getting rid of TSM wholesale
and rearchitecting all pending IBM purchases for other platforms.
I had made and won the case for keeping it as our solution despite the
expense, at the level we were at through 2007, but there's no discussion
for this change.  I can't show an instantaneous doubling of the value
derived.  An economic downturn is not the time to try to double your
margin on an existing product and customer base.
 
Any suggestions?
 
 
 
 
73,
 
Tim Conway
Unix sysadmin, TSM admin
Swift & Company
9705067998
timothy.conway AT jbssa DOT com