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- From: silverm@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Jeff Silverman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: MICROSOFT IS STACKING THE DECK!
- Message-ID: <4263@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 06:56:56 GMT
- References: <i0eXsB3w165w@qed.cts.com> <rdippold.720299737@qualcom> <1992Nov12.012903.2351@spock.UUCP> <5728@sumax.seattleu.edu>
- Organization: Boeing Computer Services, Seattle
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- khamer@sumax.seattleu.edu (Little Kenny Hamer) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov12.012903.2351@spock.UUCP> roland@spock.uucp (David A. Braun) writes:
- >>
- >>Only Microsoft would abuse it's customers like that...
- >Pretty much any corporation will do what it can get away with.
- >One example that comes to mind is an interesting fact about processor
- >speed. It seems that some old (HP or IBM, I believe) mainframe came in a
- >fast and slow version... The fast was more expensive. If a customer
- >wanted to upgrade, the sales rep would come out and remove a jumper on the
- >machine. Talk about abuse...
- >-Ken Hamer
-
- I heard that story, and it made perfect sense to me. First of all, it was
- one of the IBM system/360 computers. The guy came out to remove the jumper
- and charged you $10,000.00 (in 1968 dollars) for the job. Now here's why it
- makes sense:
-
- 2 hour travel time to customer site @ $100.00/hr $ 200
- Time to locate and remove the jumper @ $200.00/hr $ 50
- Knowlege of which jumper to remove $ 9750
-
- Total $10000.00
-
- See? It all adds up!
-
- I lie awake at night and wonder what Boeing's customers think of us?
-
- Jeff Silverman, Boeing Commercial Airplane
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