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Re: Getting legal!

From: Al Barsa <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
> I know that this will strike many of you as ridiculous, but IBM is in
> business to make a profit.
>
> They charge you for upgrades to V5R1, because it costs
> money to bring out V5R1.

Nobody asked for V5R1. V5R1 has new functions that supports
the new hardware and is thus a "new hardware support cost". A copy
of V5R1 to install on old hardware costs only the 20 cents for the
CD.

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