In
<of1ecf1294.496b83c4-on48257b8d.0019fc54-48257b8d.001c4...@sg.ibm.com>,
on 06/17/2013
at 01:07 PM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> said:
>That wasn't part of the original assertion. But, since you raised
>the point, should IBM be providing free computing solutions for
>non-instructional uses to organizations that often charge hefty
>tuition rates and which have more accumulated wealth than many
>entire nations?
Were IBM a charitable institution my answer would be no. Since IBM is
a for profit corporation, the proper question is whether providing
those solutions is legal and would improve IBM's long term profits.
>There's also the wee little problem, according to the history
>books I've read, that, for a period of time, IBM couldn't set its
>own prices exactly as it wished.
Yes, that's what killed the 80% discounts, but the consent decree is
gone and there's enough competition that it should no longer be an
antitrust issue.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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