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To: batman10023 who wrote (1407)5/23/2012 7:37:21 PM
From: Covenant  Respond to of 1876
 
The razor/blades analogy with printer cartridges has been in place since the 1990s and still people buy branded cartridges. You can go cheaper still and refill the cartridges. Yet people still buy them.

You are absolutely right HP could lose this business. The fact is HP has been in danger of doing so for well over a decade and the business continues strong. Inertia is a powerful thing.