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  3. September 2003

RE: More anti-midrange propaganda

> From: Jon Paris
> 
> b) is the major problem.  IBM might make more iSeries _hardware_
revenue
> but
> because we all keep demanding more horsepower for the buck that would
> nowhere near compensate for the revenue lost in services.  Look where
the
> bulk of the profit comes from.  It's from services, not hardware.

I don't get this argument.  What "lost revenue"?  Show me a simple
hypothetical calculation showing how revenue is lost when more iSeries
boxes are sold.  I don't care if the numbers are dead-accurate, just
show me how more hardware sales = less revenue for IBM.

Joe

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