You buy it, you pay.
I agree, IBM has been generous with them on paying this debt off. With 5M worth less now than what it was back in 1989, dropping 1.2M off the original bill, and IBM has been losing the interest/investment potential that this debt could of produced since 1989.
IBM isn't responsible for what computers the school purchased or how they where used, only the price tags on those computers and delivering them. The school should of had someone with computer knowledge to suggest what ones to buy, and an individual should of been over seeing how the money for the school was being sold.
The PS/2 Model 30's where released in 1987 had a 8 MHz processor, by 1989 the new MACINTOSH SE 30 had just got a new 16 MHz processor in it . The cost of PS/2 Model 30's is hard to find, but MACINTOSH SE 30 was around $6,500. So depending on the number of computers purchased, which they so conveniently misplaced, the price could of been correct..
Biting the hand that feeds IT
