> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Scott Chapman
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> My theory about the z/OS price increase is that they did this so the
September release can be z/OS
> v2r1, at the same price as the new (raised) z/OS v1r13 price.
Otherwise if they just released v2 with
> a price increase there'd probably be a lot of people trying to hang on
to v1r13 for as long as
> possible.
Don't ignore "anticipation of inflation" as a reason. Uncle Ben's Funny
Money has increased the money supply nearly fourfold the past couple of
years. When that "funny money" finally goes into circulation, the value
of money will decrease "noticeably". It's just "supply and demand":
when the supply goes up without a corresponding increase in demand, the
"price" (perceived value) of the oversupplied good goes down.
-jc-
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