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- From: jbrock@csfb1.fir.fbc.com (John Brock)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
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- References: <1992Dec21.154910.6846@kth.se> <1992Dec21.164545.28198@tc.cornell.edu>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 02:44:25 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.164545.28198@tc.cornell.edu>, bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
- |> In article <1992Dec21.154910.6846@kth.se> d89-zke@dront.nada.kth.se (Zoltan Kelemen) writes:
- |>
- |> >Well, the problem is that I, as a customer, don't see the alternatives
- |> >to MS Windows or DOS when buying a computer. Why? Because almost every
- |> >system is bundled with Windows. How on earth could I make a fair price
- |> >comparison with other products, when I get Windows "free" (its price is
- |> >hidden as a part of the system).
- |>
- |> You have an alternative: hire few programmers to write one for you.
- |> Obviously you dont want to do it because it is too expensive. You
- |> want someone else to invest and risk his money to write one for you.
- |> MS did that. Now people are claiming that it is unfair business,
- |> because it was successful.
- |>
- |> Unfortunately, we are not born with a coupon that entitles us
- |> for a cheap Operating System. Someone else must produce it for
- |> us at his/her own risk. And these who do are entitled to a return
- |> if they succeed.
- |>
- |> >Zoltan
- |>
- |> Dov
-
- I get the impression that you are one of those people who have elevated
- the free market to the status of an absolute moral value. So you may
- not be willing to acknowledge one of the flaws in the free market
- system, which is that it is unstable, and that it is all too easy for
- one company to gain such an advantage in a particular market as to
- permanently stifle any competition.
-
- We, as a people, acting through our government, have decided that this
- is unacceptable, and that we will prevent it by interfering with the
- free market system. So you are right. Microsoft took the risk, they
- were successful, and we are going to deprive them of some of their
- returns. If you think this is immoral, well, so what? You are not in
- a position to impose your morality on the rest of us.
-
- Of course, you have an alternative: elect some politicians who think
- as you do :-)
-
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- John Brock
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