Re: Thank for your correspondence - The letter I got from the folks at FAST400

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Just for clarification, I didn't mean a monopoly per say for
IBM or Microsoft, but, when you're that big, there's little
difference anyhow.  They control the one product that we use
and (unfortunatley?) love.  So, that is a type of
monopolistic relationship we have with them.

What happens if we use drives not from IBM or a "certified"
IBM clone?  There are drives out there that will work.  But,
it seems if IBM isn't getting a slice of the pie, they take
their ball and run home.  Boo freakin hoo big blue.

Brad

On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 16:00:07 -0400
 "Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@ltl400.com> wrote:
> IBM isn't a monopoly; it's not protected from competitors
> by legislative
> fiat.  IBM has a unique product, the iSeries, which has a
> loyal and vocal
> following.  In finest capitalist tradition, IBM's free to
> price it as they
> see fit or until we have fits, whichever comes first (the
> latter).
>