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To: jhg_in_kc who wrote (52789)	7/21/1998 3:58:00 PM
From: Jim Patterson	Respond to of 176387

RE: . Now it's your turn if you wish. I am trying to understand this word being bandied about in an insulting way it in relation to corporate products. How can products be commodities in the true sense of the word. Oil, orange juice, pork bellies, these are commodities. You are correct on PC's not being like Oil Crude etc. Are paper towels a commodity? Bounty is better than Scotts, But they both can clean up a mess. Are SRL camera's commodities? All of them take pictures, some a little better than others, and they all cost a different amount is one really any better than the other? I am sure some photographers will strongly argue one way or the other. On the other hand, My wife won't be able to tell any difference what so ever. So what is a PC in relation to the word commodity. IMO, it is some where between a paper towel and an instant camera. The decision to buy one over the other may be make strictly on price for some buyers. For others, it may be the subtle differences in what they produce and how they go about doing that. For some, it may just be the color of the box it comes in. I don't think Cars are commodities in the same light as PC's, though Pickup trucks probably are. Why buy Ford over Chevy? Many endless drunken evenings have been spent on this very topic. But bottom line, they will both pull a stump out of the ground and they both carry a 4X8 sheet of plywood. So a PC is a commodity in the nature that: If you were going to buy 100 of them for a business, 10 different manufactures would bid on the sale and you would likely take the 2nd or 3rd bid from the bottom. If you are only going to buy 1 or 2, you might buy a dell as it is delivered to your door; but then again, GTW has cool boxes for your kids to play with. Jim