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Re: IBM price increases


rob@dekko.com wrote:
>
> But does the maintenance go up on the older 400's because they are starting
> to wear out, or because IBM wants to be able to say "see, these new
> machines will save you money on maintenance costs alone."
>
> Rob Berendt

Because they want you to go to the new machine, and they want to
make the used value of the old machine plummet to nothing. Which
it does.

Witht he quality on the 400, and the general non-breakability of
everything except maybe jukeboxes (which have always sucked, and
always will), maintenance is generally a sellers game.

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