-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones
<SNIP> I think trying to argue that IBM is a monopoly by looking at the zSeries market would very likely fail miserably. The market for zSeries is relatively small in the overall market, at least compared to Intel. I don't know how zSeries compares to Wintel or Lintel in terms of revenue (or profit), but in absolute numbers, it is teeny-tiny. <SNIP> I think that their successfully arguing this (monopoly in mainframes) will largely depend on WHY AMDAHL decided to stop making mainframes as well as HDS. If the PCMs were forced out of the industry by actions taken by IBM, then the counter claim by PSI may prevail in a very big way. Particularly with a Democratically controlled White House in the USofA. And should this get argued in the EU, they may stand a chance of getting the old rules re-instated. But, I did not stay in the prerequisite lodging establishment last night and I am not a lawyer. Later, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
