IBM discount
A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM
products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from
a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to
rise.
[Jargon File]
(1995-02-07)
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