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Posted by: Andrew Meredith (Friday 9 March 2007, 8:10 AM)

Loss leader ?

Then I hope they've done their maths.

I'm sure that the folks they use to deliver the consultancy are going to want their wages paid, so IBM will have to make sure they have covered the cost of the consultancy in the charge they make for the support. So they are either overcharging for what would ordinarily be a support only offering or they will be losing money ... and I don't think they like losing money much.

I'm happy to compete with them. There's that competition word again. I charge by the hour, for whatever you want me to do; consultancy, support, planning, debugging, installation etc etc. I don't bundle up one thing and disguise it as another. It's all quite simple and open. Plus I don't have a massive infrastructure and labour overhead, so I generally charge much much less than MegaCorp Inc. So, IBM, bring it on.

As you do seem to have a big thing about Free, try looking at it as "Common Property", that might make you feel better.

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