[kwlug disc.] suddenly, i'm not so keen on buying dells anymore

[Rick]

"Sy Ali" <sy1234 at gmail.com> writes:
> On 2/3/07, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article2211630.ece
>
> Strange that it would be a kickback and not a per-unit discount.

To me, the article seems to imply that the irregular payments
were made for the purpose of playing accounting tricks.
Then they could make profits look better for quarterly reports
and, presumably, bump up the share price.