ADSM-L

Re: Licensing costs question

2006-03-23 00:29:06
Subject: Re: Licensing costs question
From: Roger Deschner <rogerd AT UIC DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:28:18 -0600
Sometimes competitors start these kinds of rumors on purpose...

I mean, if you had an inferior product, it would be a logical strategy
to start a rumor that the best product's price was about to be increased
10 fold. Spread this rumor well enough, and you could get some sales.

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT edu
====== "Never make policy decisions based on a newspaper article." =====
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On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Bob Booth - UIUC wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 02:15:54PM -0800, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote:
>> I had a very disturbing conversation with someone in where I was told TSM
>> licensing could increase 10 fold. Is IBM hurting for money? Has anyone else
>> heard this nonsense? I could easily see us moving to something else if that
>> was the case.
>
>I just received a PPA quote from IBM that was quite reasonable.  My vendor
>has not heard any such thing, and I beleive that raising prices 10 fold
>from current list would totally damage IBM's market share (or potential).
>
>just my .02.
>
>bob
>

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