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To: Andy Goett who wrote (91930)11/8/1999 11:06:00 PM
From: Gary Ng  Respond to of 186894
 
Andy, Re: I can answer that question. Make Microsoft unbundle the browser and other non-essential components from the operating system and sell each one separately at a price above average variable cost

Huh ? So you are asking the US Government to tell people
not just how to run a company but how to sell a product and
at what price ?

I personally don't like some of the tactics Microsoft used
but I would say this is a bit too much.

I really would like to see them some how break up into at least two, one for the OS and the other for applications like Office and may be SQL server etc.

No matter what tactics Microsoft had used, its most popular product (95/NT and Office) are still the best in their respective categories.

Gary



To: Andy Goett who wrote (91930)11/8/1999 11:44:00 PM
From: Brian Malloy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Well you could start by taking this discussion to the MSFT thread. And be honest, is disc space really a problem? Even AMD sells machines with 6+ gig as standard eqipment.



To: Andy Goett who wrote (91930)11/9/1999 3:59:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
No American court will ever require sales to be above average variable cost. Marginal (incremental) cost is the name of the game. Moreover, no monopolist can be required to sell at a price above its competitor. If Netscape is free, then MSFT can sell IE for the same price. This is the right to compete, which is guaranteed by the 5th Amendment.