Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 07, 2004 06:11 AM
Another site mentioned IBM's profit was sporatically $100M some years - other years negative. The popularity of IBM's Thinkpad, especially, provided their plus profit margins.
Question: How much does/would IBM pay in advertisements/promotions of Linux? Compare this with the profit margins of their Thinkpad. Wouldn't it be more economical, as well as Linux supportive, to "painfully absorb the $100M per year profit" versus paying for their Linux PR ads?
Also, 'good will' I understand to be of econmic value. Isn't IBM throuwing away some of their 'good will' in PC hardware by vacating a mere "$100M per year profit margin"?
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 07, 2004 06:11 AMQuestion: How much does/would IBM pay in advertisements/promotions of Linux?
Compare this with the profit margins of their Thinkpad. Wouldn't it be more economical, as well as Linux supportive, to "painfully absorb the $100M per year profit" versus paying for their Linux PR ads?
Also, 'good will' I understand to be of econmic value. Isn't IBM throuwing away some of their 'good will' in PC hardware by vacating a mere "$100M per year profit margin"?
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