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- From: rwh@moose.cccs.umn.edu (RICHARD HOFFBECK)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
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- References: <1992Dec22.161425.0299694@locus.com> <1992Dec22.201103.28693@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec22.234828.0203999@locus.com> <rhoward.725158911@matd>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:29:00 GMT
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- In article <rhoward.725158911@matd>, rhoward@matd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard) writes:
- > moncrg@aix02.ecs.rpi.edu (Gregory Donald Moncreaff) writes:
- >
- > >In article <1992Dec22.234828.0203999@locus.com> lowell@locus.com (Lowell Morrison) writes:
- > >>
- > >>Or perhaps, I already own DOS N.n, I have to pony up $50 for an upgrade
- > >>that these systems resellers get for $10, gee, I think I just got
- > >>gouged. Again, I ain't happy with Microsoft. Of course, it is far
- > >>cheaper for me to pirate it, but then I am allowing M$ to force me
- > >>to become a criminal. I ain't happy with that state of affairs again.
- > >>
- > >its probably a lot cheaper for microsoft to ship 1000 copies to one
- > >location than 1 copie to each of a thousand locations, therefore its
- > >cheaper if you order lots of them. (ever heard of volume discounts??)
- >
- > So in other words, when I go to Egghead I buy their only copy of
- > DOS, then they call Redmond directly and order *1* copy to replace
- > it? Come-on, Egghead probably sells more DOS than many clone makers.
- >
- > Why can't Egghead get it for $10 a copy and under-cut everyone
- > else by selling it for $20? The point is that the $10 copies
- > go to capture a market, the $50 copies go to people that already
- > want it. Sort of how drug pushers work as a matter of fact....
-
- Probably because Egghead doesn't want to have to produce its own diskettes
- and manuals that way that Gateway, Zeos, et al do when they distribute their
- licensed copies of DOS. Buy a Gateway computer. You'll get Gateway disks
- for Windows and a Gateway manual for Windows published by Gateway; although,
- I suspect that the actual material for the manual is provided as part of
- the license. If you're looking for a company that OEMs software to keep
- prices low, check out DAK.
-
- Actually, price discrimination is the way most markets work. Why do you think
- that the hardcover version of a book is 5 times as expensive as the paperback
- that comes out a year later. Its not because of the binding costs :-) Its
- because some people are willing to pay a premium to read the book now.
-
- --rick
-
-