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In order for the market to set the price...
There has to be a competitive market. This doesn't mean that a monopolist or the members of an oligopoly have an entirely free hand, but you can't really claim that the market sets the price if, as is commonly alleged, Microsoft Windows is a prerequisite for the effective use of one's Intel-based PC (the implication being that any PC owner who doesn't run Windows is either a fool or an ideologue).

If everyone needs MS-Windows, you do not have a competitive market and MS can set whatever prices it wants, as long as they aren't so high as to encourage either illegal copying or the development of a competitive market. That's a lot of leeway, particularly if you actively "participate in the political process", to use the popular euphemism.
Posted by: John L. Ries   Posted on: 09/15/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Here's a crazy thought  ibabadur1 | 09/15/05
When you own the company, you can set the price.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/15/05
Spoken like a true shill, Axey.  Judas I. | 09/15/05
Microsoft is a publicly traded company and the market sets the price.  B.O.F.H. | 09/15/05
In order for the market to set the price...  John L. Ries | 09/15/05
But if MS had...  rapson | 09/15/05
You're correct...  John L. Ries | 09/15/05
Furthermore...  John L. Ries | 09/15/05
funny  Jeff Spicoli | 09/15/05
Just like the retail price of gasoline  skeptic tank | 09/15/05
To be fair...  John L. Ries | 09/15/05
Brain rot  ibabadur1 | 09/15/05
Here's a Crazier thought...  nucrash | 09/16/05
Microsoft shakes up Software Assurance  Otto_Delete | 09/15/05
I've gotten 3 new DVD players  voska | 09/15/05
So you're the one!  Otto_Delete | 09/15/05
I spent a $88  nucrash | 09/16/05
The only thing in life that is certain is that...  realitycheck101 | 09/15/05
"Software Assurance" aka "The Great MS scam"  shawkins | 09/15/05
Let's not forget...  WDE | 09/16/05
Forget the commercial proprietary OSes and just  Boot_Agnostic | 09/15/05
SA stinks!  Protector | 09/15/05
At last  OldMarine | 09/15/05
Interesting...  zztong | 09/15/05
Topic from another article.  Anton Philidor | 09/15/05
wait a minute...  Dave P. | 09/15/05
No Helpful Changes  knoxbury | 09/16/05

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