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- From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <9212213006@ritz.mordor.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 05:58:09 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.225330.14706@nosc.mil>
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- Joe Discar (discar@nosc.mil) wrote:
- : 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.
- :
- : 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.
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- : In which case, it is better (in terms of profit) for the vendor to
- : acquire "Tiger Paws" for the cheapest amount possible.
-
- And who is to decide what "MOST PC buyers WANT?" The Ziff-Davis crowd
- who MSoft has put in their pocket through advertizing $$$??? No thanks.
- I think it should be up to the individual customer to CHOOSE what operating
- system they want rather than deal with the heavyhanded and monopolistic
- practices of Msoft. I look forward to the FTC taking a bite out of Bill
- Gates. Just remember how expensive long distance service was before the
- government forced a more competetive market on Ma Bell...or should I say
- before Bill McGowan (former chairman of MCI) tricked the federal government
- into forcing a more competetive market on Ma Bell... :-)
-
- Cheers,
-
- Chris
-
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