Re: Find number of parms for a CL or passall

I'ld thought of the AFP bait and switch when I originally wrote my toned
down from being really pissed off reply...  Incourageing IBM to further
fragment the product base does not surve the end user as well...

On Sun, 8 Jun 1997, Mark Lazarus wrote:

> Charlie,
> 
> >I wish IBM would start charging for CL and DDS separately from OS/400.  That
> >way there would be a revenue stream which would justify enhancements for
> >existing users.  As it is now, if the work does not sell NEW AS/400's, it is
> >not done.
> 
>  It's that kind of thinking that discourages corporations from going (or
> sticking) with the /400.  We don't want to be nickled and dimed.  This is
> one of the things that is traditionally pointed out by the midrange
> loyalists.  CL and DDS are too crucial to be unbundled.  
> 
>  Example: I don't have any statistics, but I'm guessing that since AFP was
> unbundled it's been in a steady decline.  I predict a slow but sure death
> that will lose them a lot more $$$ than if they hadn't charged for it.  AFP
> capable printers cost considerably more than their non-AFP and PCL
> counterparts.  They will lose that revenue, the AFPU revenue and will still
> have to support the product for a while.
> 
>  There must be some other way of convincing IBM that these improvements are
> a good overall strategy.
> 
>  -mark
> 
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