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Technology Stocks : MSFT Internet Explorer vs. NSCP Navigator
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To: damniseedemons who wrote (17872)3/5/1998 4:29:00 PM
From: Bearded One  Read Replies (3) of 24154
 
I said 'offer' not bundle. Dell does not 'offer' Netscape over the phone, unless you are a large customer and demand it.

Quick poll: Why would DELL want to pay Netscape to bundle Navigator when he has IE for free? Sure, Netscape is free now, but at this point, who cares?

Quick answer:
#1) It's not Dell paying Netscape to bundle Navigator, it's Dell getting money from the consumer to get Netscape on the machine. Surely the company which advanced the 'build-to-order' style of computer sales can offer Netscape as an add-on.

#2) Dell wants to increase sales and bundling or offering popular applications is a standard way of promoting your computer. Netscape Navigator is the most popular piece of application software ever written. While there is no *proof* that something fishy is going on, there is a definite stink of fish.

You mean, they shouldn't be allowed to set the price of their product? Sure they can.
Sal, you're being disingenuous here. Is this a Senate Committee? Changing your pricing based on whether or not a customer toes your line with regards to dealings of a third party is illegal under certain conditions if you are a monopoly.

[Microsoft is] not really allowed to raise prices--and they don't.Of course they do. They just raised OS prices by $10. Besides, a monopoly still is subject to price regulation by the supply/demand curve. That doesn't prevent them from being a monopoly.
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