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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (5655)	2/18/2002 10:25:48 PM
From: t4texas	Respond to of 33421

technology companies don't work that way. it is many buyers and sellers. it is comparable or homogeneous product. it is free Entry or exit from the market. it is always a market share thing until every player in the specific market runs up against capacity constraints (and that is always temporary). otherwise the tech market for the product does not attract the buyers. no tech company can fool its customers by giving it stuff it does not want and then charging more money (the customers will keep the old generation stuff, thank you, as i do with windows 98.). the only case is for a monopoly tech company (it may be true for microsoft, but it isn't possible with iron unless there is a Huge patent portfolio that keeps others out of their playpen -- and there isn't anyone like that.). raising prices just brings in new competition. tech companies try to add new features to new products and keep the price points the same in the next generation, but they hope for a volume increase. so tech companies have got problems with stock options in the future, it would appear.