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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.215151.12377@microsoft.com>
- Date: 29 Dec 92 21:51:51 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec22.234828.0203999@locus.com> <blt2and@rpi.edu> <rhoward.725158911@matd>
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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....
-
- Egghead is making 100% of its profit on that software. The
- clone-makers aren't using MS-DOS as a profit point - it's a selling
- point, certainly, but they don't expect to mark it up and pass that
- cost on. Comparing the two cases is not particularly useful.
-
- -Phil
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- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
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