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To: William C. Spaulding who wrote (40243)	4/1/2000 11:47:00 PM
From: Exacctnt	Read Replies (1) of 74651

You wanted feed back. <<When true competition exists, a company can only raise prices slightly above its costs, because competition prevents the company from raising prices further.>> Ever hear of productivity? Better products? Better marketing? Better service? Lower overhead? There are countless reasons why a company can raise prices or charge more in a competitive environment. <<Judge Jackson's findings of fact (paragraph 63) illustrate this point with a real example. A Microsoft study, done in 1997, concluded that $89 was the profit-maximizing price for Windows 98, even though it could have charged considerably less and still make a good profit.>> What authority exists that determines how much profit a company can make? Sounds to me as if you are championing price controls. <<Microsoft Office was distributed by almost every major computer manufacturer, and thus, as more computers were sold each year, more and more people got Microsoft Office.>> I must have missed this freebie. Microsoft office was missing on my Compaq and Hewlett Packard computers. How can I get my free copy? <<I think the best solution is to regulate Microsoft's prices, so that Microsoft would earn a slightly higher return on software than it would on other ventures. Microsoft would be free to innovate and develop new products, but it wouldn't be allowed to gouge the public.>> Just as I thought, price controls. The best way to kill a company, especially in high tech. You are advocating that Microsoft should put a gun to its head and pull the trigger. The King is dead. The King is dead? Long live the new King (SUNW or ORCL perhaps?).

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