Re: IBM Marketing (was How does ....)

From: Hall, Philip <phall@spss.com>
> Can you imagine the uproar if, say Microsoft, started saying: You have a
> Pentium III, that's faster than a II, so we're only going to let you run 4
> concurrent applications, but if you pay an extra premium for them, we'll
let
> you run a few more, and if you empty your pockets even more you can run as
> many as you want...

and then imagine (Jon) that Microsoft's sole excuse was that they needed
the money badly to ensure the viability of the platform and indeed of M$
itself.