On 28 Jun 2007 09:38:43 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >LOOOOONG ago, a Chicago firm bought 3033 CPU's on a ten-year lease. The >resulting shake-up in senior management left scars that are still >visible today. The "volcano" erupted two years into the lease and is >still smouldering to this day.
Car salesmen tell us that "lease" is just another way of paying for the car you buy. Don't buy hardware with ten-year leases. If you want that long of a commitment, think "rent" - and think "IS Solutions". This is where IBM has its ads right. But I don't know what kinds of contracts they have to finance getting a computer today - and in 10 years having an equivalent (relative to the times) computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
