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To: Dave B who wrote (24525)	7/12/1999 6:15:00 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

only 55 days till rambus Christmas.

To: Dave B who wrote (24525)	7/12/1999 12:05:00 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 93625

>>If half a million people will do that, they'll sign up for free access through netzero and suffer those ads. Not even a question.<< dave, ok, ya got me. america is cheap! ;-) however, netzero can't support the entire country. from what i can tell, netzero hasn't closed down aol. nor netcom. pricing is dictated by supply and demand. if you disagree, then you are telling me that the dram mfrs plan on consistently losing money. why? b/c they consistently lose money. mu will lose $100 million++ this q. they aren't selling at cost plus. every company that is losing money (and there are LOTS - just look at almost any inut!) aren't selling at cost plus. amzn doesn't sell at cost plus. why? supply and demand. they want to put out more supply than there is demand for a "cost plus" system. the supply relative to demand dictates that they must sell below all up cost to do so. guess what? they sell below cost to do so! b/c they are nice guys and gals doing charity work? nadda. b/c supply and demand dictates that they must. some people raise prices "just because they want to." can everyone have a successful business and raise prices "just because they want to?" no. so what if your company does a cost plus. they can do that if supply and demand ALLOW it. why? supply and demand RULE. btw, if supply and demand allow for a cost plus environment then your company more than likely isn't maximizing its profits. simple solutions (cost plus) to complex issues (supply and demand) are almost always wrong. let a dram mfr go cost plus right now and they will be out of business very quickly. why? supply and demand. i'd highly recommend a micro econ class to all who have not taken it.