>Many businesses would not want to share business metrics e.g. number of invoices with their suppliers.
That's possibly true. But, invoices were just an example. What would not be known is the number of line items, or the price per item. >Pricing inputs on the value of outputs also seems wrong somehow I don't totally understand the statement, and I don't believe I said anything of the sort. An invoice is an output. >- it penalizes more efficient operations that do more with less. Doesn't charging strictly based on CPU usage do something similar? At least charging on a business metric is understandable to a business user. - I'm a SuperHero with neither powers, nor motivation! Kimota! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
