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What about those people who purchased a new 286 with DOS and Word on it? Didn't they pay a multiple of what a person now has to pay for a new PC with Linux on it? Shouldn't MS be forced to give them a copy of the latest MS Word that will work on that machine? And be as full featured? Or would you feel better if IBM operated the way they used to in the past. Obsolete the S/34 and come out with the S/36. If they did that with the 400 would you then feel better? Or, why doesn't GM do free upgrades on my 1987 Oldsmobile? Just upgrade people. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com "jt" <jt@xxxxxx> Sent by: midrange-l-bounces+rob=dekko.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx 03/19/2004 08:16 AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject RE: Scoop on v5r3 CL enhancements Mr. Barsa, SemanticTone(*SemiFlame) ===> Interrupting a "work stoppage" to express the opinion that this is ENTIRELY reasonable. Can you locate somebody with a brain up in Somers or Armonk?? I'd like to see this opinion passed along to somebody who can actually understand this stuff *and* DO something constructive, and remind them I've already paid these amounts, in advance. Anybody who's paid up to 10X the going prices for 400 chips and hard drives and memory and such, (especially relative to pSeries prices,) has paid-in-advance. As well as those who've paid the interactive tax. Paid-up-in-full-in-advance. (In fact, I doubt IBM had to even touch zProfits, and the iDivision profits probably covered the costs of the new SOA (state-of-art) chip plant in East Fishkill. That's my swag.) Btw, as far as distribution costs, I understand you can buy an entire album, electronically, from iTunes for about $10 retail. So mebbe IBM could farm that part out if it "costs" much more than that. And although I'd hafta swag at the True Costs (vs. IBM-internal-bean-counter costs), I understand the divisor is somewhere between 250,000 and 750,000 in total... That's what it's been in the past, anyway. TIA. j | -----Original Message----- | [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al Barsa | Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 10:54 PM | Enough to pay for PTF development and distribution costs divided by the | number of buyers. Certainly, at the low, more than a few hundred dollars, | certainly, at top, low thousands. | | Al | | Al Barsa, Jr. | Barsa Consulting Group, LLC | | 400>390 | | 914-251-1234 | 914-251-9406 fax | | http://www.barsaconsulting.com | http://www.taatool.com _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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