Re: Price Increases !!!!!

[Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:52 7/12/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Per Roger's mention in the "Software Vendors" thread !!!!
>
>I am now (and have been for the past year and a half) at a MUCH smaller
>company than I used to be and price increases like IBM is proposing are
>going to go over like the proverbial lead balloon !!!! Everyone
>increases prices but these seem ABSOLUTELY out of line. Just another
>reason to make us wonder "WHAT the heck are folks at IBM thinking ????"
>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This seems like a lousy way to make up for poor
>marketing efforts. They REALLY need to get a group of us together to
>explain to the powers that be (and I figure the AS/400 division knows
>what's going on - it's the Gesetner-heads/wannabees that are the
>problem) WHAT the problem it, what the issue(s) is(are) and WHAT needs
>to be done !!!
>
>This is getting to the point that it is almost surreal... :-(
>

Maybe it's some kind of twisted plan to create pent-up demand for the new
400's when they finally arrive next year.

I mean, it's not as if anyone is foolishly going to run off and install
Unix or NT in the meatime, right ???!!!!

Just a thought.....

Evan Harris

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