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- From: discar@nosc.mil (Joe Discar)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.225330.14706@nosc.mil>
- Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
- References: <8194@lib.tmc.edu> <21DEC199210203176@moose.cccs.umn.edu> <1992Dec21.153800.2223@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:53:30 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.153800.2223@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> z_kupkams@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
- > Well Rick, Since you introduced the tire analogy, lets examine
- >it a little furthur. Would you consider it a convenience if you went
- >to buy a $70,000 porche, and the dealer said "Sure we will sell
- >you one, and they come already equipped with $30 Uniroyal Tiger Paws, beacuse
- >Uniroyal only allows us to sell Tigerpaws on the Yugos we sell if will make
- >Tigerpaws standard all cars we sell." Well Why pay the extra $120 for four
- >tires that you didn't want to begin with? Of course you would want Goodyear
- >VR-60's, Michellin's or Pirelli P-7's, but you have to remove the Tigerpaws, buy
- >the tires you want separately, and put them on yourself.
- >
- > This analogy is no different than the MS-DOG/Windoze bundling that
- >Microsoft has pressured Clone Makers into. If I wanted a Yugo with cheap tires,
- >I would buy one. But I prefer OS/2, and would like to have the option of having
- >it preinstalled on a machine I buy.
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-
- But, you see, it won't work. Few people would want Uniroyal Tiger Paws on
- their porche. If, in your example, 95% of all porche buyers wanted
- Tiger Paws, then the dealer would probably sign an agreement with
- Uniroyal so they could get $30 tires for $8. But since most people
- want higher quality tires, the dealer dare not do such a thing as sign on
- with Uniroyal.
-
- You are right. Your analogy is no different than MS's and the bundling
- except that MOST PC buyers WANT "Uniroyal Tiger Paws" on their Porche.
- In which case, it is better (in terms of profit) for the vendor to
- acquire "Tiger Paws" for the cheapest amount possible.
-
- >
- >Michael Kupka
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- >My Other car isn't a Yugo, and My Other OS isn't MS-DOG/WINDOZE
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- >
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- Joe
- My Opinions.
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