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From: Al Barsa <barsa@barsaconsulting.com> > I know that this will strike many of you as ridiculous, but IBM is in > business to make a profit. > > They charge you for upgrades to V5R1, because it costs > money to bring out V5R1. Nobody asked for V5R1. V5R1 has new functions that supports the new hardware and is thus a "new hardware support cost". A copy of V5R1 to install on old hardware costs only the 20 cents for the CD.
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