Gerhardf Postpischil of the IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 01/09/2008 02:41:34 PM:
> Anton Britz wrote: > > Is anybody using these tools and is this not unfair business practice.. > > Giving away software in order to KILL other software vendors ? > > Back in the sixties American Management Systems sued IBM for > giving away free software, mainly CRBE, thus undercutting sales > of ROSCOE. AMS got a Pyrrhic victory, as IBM used this as an > excuse to start charging for software that otherwise would have > been free. > > Gerhard Postpischil > Bradford, VT > Here is an article by the founder of ADR, the company that sued IBM. http://www.softwarehistory.org/history/Goetz1.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html