[nylug-talk] Comparing RISC with CICS processor

[Ron Guerin]

Paul Robbins wrote:

> If you are running on old Pentiums and want to switch to RISC 450's, you
> will see little performance difference, especially if you have a good admin
> that configures the processor usage correctly.  With them being free, that
> gives you a good benefit.

It needs to be said that old computers are never free in this regard. 
They typically will burn up substantially far more money in electricity 
and climate control than replacing them with fewer, more electrically 
efficient boxes, and usually that's just the beginning of your savings 
if there's a lot of them.

That said, we've all been in the OP's shoes.  It doesn't sound to me 
like doing the right thing is on the table at all.  The situation is 
what it is, and he's got to make the best of the set of choices in front 
of him.  When you're working with people who don't understand money[1], 
they come up with odd (costly) ideas about how to conserve it.

- Ron

[1] I worked for a market data company in the financial industry many 
years ago, that didn't know the difference between making money, 
spending money, and saving money, and they had the 3 bankruptcies to 
prove it.  Irony.