WHAT?!? For $100,000 a month, you can get one H#&& of an HP3000 and it will certainly run the socks off of the AS400. Maybe you should look at how much of a machine that $100,000 would get you and see if they thought that it would handle the load. Then it is just a matter of moving down the performance and cost curve until they are happy. (up the bang for buck curve ;-) ) Kevin Newman > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Williams [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 1998 9:15 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Information on HP vs IBM > > Thanks for the responses. I was really hoping for "benchmarks" > (there's > that topic again). The company we recently consolidated with is > convinced > that our HP can't handle their volume of transactions. > > If it were simply cost of ownership we would win hands down. They pay > $100,000 per month for their AS400! > > Thanks again, > Kim Williams > [log in to unmask]