Well, it looks like the dratted, overhyped, overpriced, underspecified and downright pedestrian contraption might have its uses after all.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21919098/ I though I was familiar with the Kartellgesetz, but it seems not familiar enough. What surprised me was the apparent ease with which Vodafone got its Unterlassungsklage through the court, given that Apple just HAS to fail the 'dominant provider' test in the mobile phone market. If the dominance test can fail for Apple in the mobile phone market, it can also fail for IBM in the IT market. Since one of PSI's complaints against IBM is of tying the use of z/OS to the purchase of IBM hardware, perhaps one of their lawyers should nip over to Hamburg and have a chat with a suitably qualified Rechtsanwalt? (I could suggest a couple of names, if pressed.) And the squirrels are at it again: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071120/D8T1CBTG0.html And I notice my offer of z6 Performance and Pricing Predictions at UK GSE hasn't been taken up. I wonder why? -- Phil Payne http://www.isham-research.co.uk +44 7833 654 800 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
