The IBM tax laid bare, from a promotional spam Amazon sent me:
The hourly prices for Amazon EC2 running IBM are as follows:
- Amazon EC2 running IBM DB2 Express - starting at $0.38/hour
- Amazon EC2 running IBM DB2 Workgroup - starting at $1.31/hour
- Amazon EC2 running IBM Informix Dynamic Server Express - starting at $0.38/hour
- Amazon EC2 running IBM Informix Dynamic Server Workgroup - starting at $1.31/hour
- Amazon EC2 running IBM WebSphere sMash - starting at $0.50/hour
- Amazon EC2 running IBM Lotus Web Content Management - starting at $2.48/hour
- Amazon EC2 running IBM WebSphere Portal Server and IBM Lotus Web Content Management Server - starting at $6.39/hour
Interesting prices. How could it possibly be that WebSphere + Lotus Web Content Management is worth $6.39 per hour? Who could justify that price? It’s really inconceiveable, though I have to admit I don’t know enough to judge for sure. My bullshit meter is pegged at 11 though, and it’s pretty reliable.