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> but why pay a premium to rent instead of buy? I think that most customers lease their mainframe. IIRC IBM will often ship more hardware than the customer req
by scrlk 3y ago
> but why pay a premium to rent instead of buy?
I think that most customers lease their mainframe. IIRC IBM will often ship more hardware than the customer requires, with additional CPU/memory etc. being activated if a licence is purchased.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoYou can also pay for additional compute on demand with IBM’s mainframes, bursting above your steady state resource rate.
- supermatt 3y agoFor sure, thats true of a lot of equipment :) I was more making the point that the cloud provider isnt a charity and will be charging a premium on top of that base cost. Ive updated to better reflect this.