----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Hadfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones
It's difficult to see why they are suing, especially when they never sued
PCMs in previous generations. Surely they could simply refuse to licence
z/OS on the PSI machines. That would put PSI out of business just as
quickly.
Nigel,
Don't forget that IBM no longer has the consent decree hanging over their
head, so they can raise this lawsuit without fear of an anti-trust violation
(although the story alleged that PSI threatened IBM with an anti-trust suit
if IBM didn't back off). IBM apparently has no misgivings about anti-trust
litigation (and with a Republican Justice department, who can blame them?).
All this spells disaster for the little guy, and I think IBM is actually
shooting itself in the foot trying to become the only z/OS-capable hardware
vendor. We'll know the answer in the next 25 years.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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