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To: Demosthenes who wrote (35222)5/12/2000 5:11:00 PM
From: Ian@SI  Respond to of 70976
 
Excess profits? Sounds like something the IRS would use to extract more $ from us.

Nothing so sinister. Just an economic term to describe the delta between profits generated immediately after and as a result of an innovation versus those which would be expected after the copycats have forced prices down toward costs.