IBM Doubles Rewards For Ditching Sun

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IBM Doubles Rewards For Ditching Sun

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 4, 2009 @05:11AM from the go-for-the-jugular dept.

Taking advantage of the uncertainty surrounding Oracle's acquisition of Sun, IBM has doubled the monetary incentives they are offering to ditch Sun gear. Offering $8,000 in software or services for every Sun Sparc processor ditched for an IBM Power server, the program seems to be paying off. IBM has helped 1,640 customers migrate from other manufacturers' hardware over the last year. "The program applies to Sparc-based Sun hardware, such as the Sparc, UltraSparc, and Sparc 64 servers, and also to Fujitsu systems that run on Sparc chips. A customer that moves off a Sparc-powered system running, say, eight processors would be eligible for up to $64,000 worth of rewards."

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Great news! by TheRaven64 · 2009-05-04 05:28 · Score: 3, Funny

I have four SPARCstation4s in my attic. With one CPU each, I could switch away from all of them. I wonder if I could get $32,000 of software and services from IBM...

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1. Re:Great news! by aoheno · 2009-05-04 05:43 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I have four SPARCstation4s in my attic.
  Tough machines. Temperatures can swing over 100 fahrenheit up there, not to mention birds nesting in enclosures, rats feeding on cables, snakes feeding on rats, and Bear Grylls feeding on snakes.
  
  Make sure IBM guarantees the same level of durability.
  
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$64,000 worth of Linux! by droidsURlooking4 · 2009-05-04 05:29 · Score: 5, Funny

What a deal!
1. Re:$64,000 worth of Linux! by huge · 2009-05-04 06:34 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Lol @ whoever modded parent insightful. Linux is free.
  What!?! Are you saying that I have been paying SCO for nothing?
  
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a reward by nimbius · 2009-05-04 05:33 · Score: 2, Funny

naturally implies there is some type of punishment for not upgrading to IBM servers...

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who wrote this BS by rs232 · 2009-05-04 05:42 · Score: 3, Funny

"The dangers of IBM are that they are highly unstable"

Dangerous, how ,who, do the engineers spontaneously self combust if put under pressure?

"Just about anyone who has written about how software fails was an engineer working for IBM"

That's a positive, as they should be good at spotting bugs by now.

'What IBM really wants is a cut of your business"'

Best stick to Open Source and third party hardware and your own in-house support people!

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Re:Ditching Sun servers by bberens · 2009-05-04 07:50 · Score: 2, Funny

They're giving you $8,000 worth of consulting services
So... basically they'll let me call the 1-800 number and listen to a 30 second pre-recorded message?

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Don't have any Sparc hardware? by dougmc · 2009-05-04 09:25 · Score: 2, Funny

No problem!
I've got a Sparcstation 20 with two cpus that can be yours for the low low price of $4000 -- that $4000 spent will get you a discount of $16000 off the price of IBM software and services!
If you need more, I can also provide several Sparcstation IPXs and LXs for $2000 each, which will provide a discount of $8000 each.