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>Does it affect existing leases, or only new ones? Joe, obviously I don't speak for IBM legal, but a lease is a binding contract so I think they'd have a hard time changing the exiting ones. If they can do that, maybe I'll change my lease to .05% per month on my own. <G> Never the less, the notice after the fact doesn't exactly give us time to react and get new leases in before the increase. Al, hasn't IBM ever heard of a loss-leader? IBM SHOULD loose money on the development machines, it's the ISVs out there that write the software the IBM needs to have in the market so they can sell the big machines that they make lots of money on. -Walden ------------ Walden H Leverich III President Tech Software (516) 627-3800 x11 (208) 692-3308 eFax WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com http://www.TechSoftInc.com Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur. (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.) -----Original Message----- From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@plutabrothers.com] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 11:51 To: midrange-l@midrange.com Subject: RE: Developer Lease to 1.75%???? > From: Al Barsa > > IBM has been literally giving away these machines, and (even though I > have several systems leased this way) I don't think that this is > unreasonable. Perhaps it's reaonable, Al, but it nearly doubles my fixed costs, pushing me even closer to the edge. No early termination is also a nasty little change. Does it affect existing leases, or only new ones? If only new ones, it's more palatable. If it changes existing leases, this sort of decision, without any warning, shows a complete lack or regard for the small developer. Joe _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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