Fwd: Developer Lease to 1.75%????

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IBM does not want to advertise and now it wants to discourage software
developers and business partners from the iSeries.

Either IBM wants the box to die-flat out dead or all profit no expense with
soring g sales and revenues.

Does the drop in sales and revenue any indicator that their formulas are
wrong for success and right for failure?

IBM is discouraging everyone from helping

**STUPID

A. Ports
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From: "Walden H. Leverich" <WaldenL@TechSoftInc.com>
To: "'midrange-l@midrange.com'" <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Subject: RE: Developer Lease to 1.75%????
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Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:47:38 -0400

>Does it affect existing leases, or only new ones?

Joe, obviously I don't speak for IBM legal, but a lease is a binding
contract so I think they'd have a hard time changing the exiting ones. If
they can do that, maybe I'll change my lease to .05% per month on my own.
<G> Never the less, the notice after the fact doesn't exactly give us time
to react and get new leases in before the increase.

Al, hasn't IBM ever heard of a loss-leader? IBM SHOULD loose money on the
development machines, it's the ISVs out there that write the software the
IBM needs to have in the market so they can sell the big machines that they
make lots of money on.

-Walden

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@plutabrothers.com]
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 11:51
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Developer Lease to 1.75%????


> From: Al Barsa
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> IBM has been literally giving away these machines, and (even though I
> have several systems leased this way) I don't think that this is
> unreasonable.

Perhaps it's reaonable, Al, but it nearly doubles my fixed costs, pushing me
even closer to the edge.  No early termination is also a nasty little
change.

Does it affect existing leases, or only new ones?  If only new ones, it's
more palatable.  If it changes existing leases, this sort of decision,
without any warning, shows a complete lack or regard for the small
developer.

Joe

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