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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago

No, invoices need to be for “something”. There are many, many businesses in this world that make constant bank on bullshit

Your alma mater isn’t paying megabux to support that mainframe itself, relative to IBM’s total income, but I bet you’d find many extras tacked on that make a significant contribution