<quote> "If IBM were to breach its commitments, the Commission could impose a fine of up to 10 per cent of IBM's total turnover without having to prove a violation of EU competition rules."
</quote> Without needing to prove anything was done wrong? NO room for abuse there, is there? Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roger Bowler Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 8:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Has anyone taken out hardware support for z196 from anyone other than IBM On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:04:38 -0500, Peter Gammage <[email protected]> wrote: >We currently have IBM Mainframe Hardware maintenance through a 3rd >party and are considering options for how we do hardware maintenance of >the next upgrade (z196 or z12 are most likely). >So far have been unable to source hardware support for these from >anyone other than IBM. According to last year's ruling by the European Commission, IBM are obliged "to make spare parts and technical information swiftly available, under commercially reasonable and non-discriminatory terms, to independent mainframe maintainers." http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1539 It will be interesting to know how this will work out in practice. The EC press release goes on to say "If IBM were to breach its commitments, the Commission could impose a fine of up to 10 per cent of IBM's total turnover without having to prove a violation of EU competition rules." That would be quite a hefty fine. Regards, Roger Bowler Hercules "the people's mainframe" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
