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You didn't have to put V5R1 on. I bet developing it costed more than $.20. Al Al Barsa, Jr. Barsa Consulting Group, LLC 400>390 914-251-1234 914-251-9406 fax http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent by: cc: midrange-l-admin@m Subject: Re: Getting legal! idrange.com 07/29/2002 01:47 PM Please respond to midrange-l 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. _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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