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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.005756.16883@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 00:57:56 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.3155.5785@dosgate> <1992Dec20.202150.818@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec21.233102.14676@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <1992Dec22.060128.26352@nosc.mil> <wiegand.725663043@lido16>
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- In article <wiegand.725663043@lido16>, wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand) writes:
- |> 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.
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- Joe Clone would be put out of business by his *customers* who would stop
- buying from him--not by Microsoft.
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- I don't understand what the squabble is about--if Joe Clone wants to make money
- selling Windows, he has to do so on terms which are agreeable with Microsoft.
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