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- From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <wiegand.725663043@lido16>
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <1992Dec20.3155.5785@dosgate> <1992Dec20.202150.818@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec21.233102.14676@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <1992Dec22.060128.26352@nosc.mil>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:04:03 GMT
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- discar@nosc.mil (Joe Discar) writes:
-
- >WRONG! I can't believe that people actually post such inane ideas.
- >The agreement is like: if Joe's Clone shop ships 1000 boxes a month, Joe could
- >ship 'em with 1000 copies of MS-DOS for $8, or he could choose NOT to
- >abide by the agreement and purchase MS-DOS for $24 apiece.
-
- And Joe Clone would go out of business. With the small mark-up on PC clones
- they can't just add $16 to their cost. To stay price competitive with
- the other clone makers they *have to* accept the $8 offer. It sounds like
- they have a choice, but the only real choice is to go out of business.
-
- Thats the reality of the situation and Microsoft knows it. No one in
- their right mind would agree to Microsoft's terms if they had any real
- choice. A coice between doing it Microsoft's way or going out of business
- isn't much of a choice.
-
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- Robert Wiegand - Motorola Inc.
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- Disclamer: I didn't do it - I was somewhere else at the time.
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