Re: The demise of Midrange Computing - Is AS/400 is dead ?

Al Barsa writes:

> IBM is at the highest tax rate.
>  
>  Advertising the 400 would increase their profits, and consequently the
>  amount of tax they had to pay.

This might be a spoof comment.

However there is the topic of marginal rate on advertising.
I have to work harder to get that extra buck because more bucks means more 
taxes, so at some point the extra work isnt worth the extra money.

Also how much market share will grab the attention of the Justice Department.
We might argue that the Anti-Trust Division should be reviewing Microsoft & 
was right to go after IBM 1/2 a century ago, but from the perspective of the 
company at risk of such review, one might not trust the Justice Department to 
weild Justice, so one might go after market share just below the threshhold 
of Justice Dept interest.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)


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