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To: David Harker who wrote (117074)	4/13/1999 3:33:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Respond to of 176388

David, However, IBM's internal approach of chosing to invest, or not invest, in a development group, was what I was trying to outline. Yes, but this is not so easy to determine for an operating subsidiary or division. A lot of the apparent success or failure depends on allocation of costs. There are a lot of subjective issues involved. I'm not up on cost accounting, but I can tell you that it easy easy to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear when you are a cost accountant. Of course, when you create a silk purse here another division becomes a sow's ear. TTFN, CTC