Sounds like asymmetrical economic warfare to me. Nigel
On 19/6/06 14:11, "R.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, The prices are higher in Europe. For software hardware as well. > It is not subject of taxes, I'm talking about net prices. It's also not > an issue of customs (border taxes). > BTW: taxes are higher. > > Of course total cost of ownership includes hardware and software fees, > and many other components, like people's salary or taxes or cost of > telecommunication. > > However I'd like to draw your attention to another aspect: > Nobody cries when hearing about off-shoring to U.S. > Do you remember the postings when someone wrote about off-shoring out-of > U.S. ? > Is it 'unidirectionally' fair ? > "I'm robbed - it's bad, I robbed someone - it's good". > > My opinion: off-shoring is neither bad nor good. It is kind of > competition. Competition is a fact, like gravity. > > My $0.02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
