[alecco]

12 years ago some guy had the courage to report this predatory activity in Kuro5hin

"How IBM Conned My Execs Out Of Millions" http://atdt.freeshell.org/k5/story_2005_9_27_95759_4240.html (cache)

I remember the guy was harassed by IBM lawyers and even lost his job.

[protonfish]

Yep - this is IBM's standard scam. I guess their branding is strong enough to obscure their history of catastrophic failure, to the VP level exec, at least.