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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communist
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.210340.10425@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 21:03:40 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec21.201419.3568@tc.cornell.edu> <1992Dec22.080541.20108@rz.uni-hildesheim.de>
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- In article <1992Dec22.080541.20108@rz.uni-hildesheim.de> fles0092@rz.uni-hildesheim.de writes:
- >
- >People don't create monopolies - companies do.
- >If M$ didn't have those contracts with computer vendors, who
- >knows how much of M$-DOS 5.0 or even Window$ would be sold?
-
- Fewer. Probably not substantially fewer. And those
- machines with DOS+Windows would end up costing more - or else
- the OEMs would make less profit on them.
-
-
- >As a computer vendor you have to deal with quite a lot of
- >competition. So you look around to find out, which software
- >is the cheapest to install on your systems.
- >If companies wanted to install DR-DOS and WIN, they'd have
- >to buy MS-DO$ for every system and try to either sell it
- >separately - or trash it.
-
- Not true. There are several contracts available - the
- "royalty per machine" contract is only one of them.
-
-
- >In any case: a rise in purchase price for the vendor, and
- >probably a rise in selling-prices for the customers.
- >Now the big question: does _that_ seem like something,
- >you'd like???
-
- What is your suggestion? Do you believe that Microsoft
- should offer the lowest current price regardless of the volume
- or licensing agreement entered into?
-
- -Phil
-
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