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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Jedrzejewicz
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 11:50 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: DB and App Agnosticism on the iSeries 
> (thinkingabout:Questionabout UDB on iSeries)
<snip>
> An excellent example of this is "upgrade extortion"  that has become
> rampant in the iSeries world.  It is in my opinion unethical to
> require additional charges when the machine changes and no additional
> function is delivered, but they do it anyway.  The "company" sees an
> opportunity to move money from our pockets to theirs.  The agents of
> the company who implement and enforce these policies are behaving
> unethically.

And in the zSeries world. I think it even applies in the xSeries
(Wintel) world as well for businesses.

> 
<snip>
> -- 
> Tom Jedrzejewicz
> tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx

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