Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm,comp.unix.aix
From: hdc@ORNL.GOV (Hank Cochran)
Subject: Counting Users
Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN
Date: 5 Aug 1994 14:58:04 GMT
Message-ID: <31tk1s$nq3@stc06.CTD.ORNL.GOV>

IBM has announced AIX 4.1 with a new pricing structure. The cost depends on the 
number of simultaneous "users" where "user" is the number of login plus rlogin 
users. Does a PVM job running on a node utilize an rlogin on that node? 

If so, it seems AIX 4.1 (at $200/box upgrade price) turns our RS/6000s into high 
priced PCs or else requires an additional $588 per box to upgrade to AIX 4.1 and 
maintain workstation capability (1 user + root + PVM). Pretty steep!

Hank Cochran

My words are my own and not those of my employer.

