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Re: Linux used as defence vs. monopoly accusations



On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Udi Finkelstein wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Nov 1998 23:15:25 +0000 (IST), "Peter L. Peres" <plp@actcom.co.il>
> wrote:
> 
> >BTW the price on M$ C++ 6.0 Student Ed. boxes at Bug @Dizengoff TA went
> >from NIS 380 to NIS 1020 without warning and without concurrence. Yes,
> >that's a 200% hike. They still have the legend 'applicable products for
> >upgrade... Borland C' on the side (the upgrade boxes). Now, is THIS
> >monopoly ENOUGH for someone ?!!!
> I have seen the boxes you are talking about. They had a labelling mistake (two
> IDENTICAL boxes with totally different prices). There is the Standard edition,
> the Professional edition, and the Enterprise edition. The error was labeling
> the professional box with the standard price.

The boxes I am talking about, re: price hike are the C++ 6.0 Student
Edition (red label on front - says student edition - not for use in a
commercial environment).

The boxes that say they will upgrade Borland to Microsloth are other
boxes, near them on the shelf. Their price is about NIS 1600.

> And by the way, the boxes I have seen WERE NOT AN UPGRADE VERSION. They were
> the full product, not requiring any other product for proof-of-upgrade.
> 
> I'm posting this to the list just to defend BUG (not that they need me, or
> that they deserve it - their book prices are sky high). No, I don't think they
> bumped the proce by 200%, they have just made a mistake labeling it wrong in
> the first place.

Let's get this clear:

- I buy from Bug all the time, and have nothing against them although they
rip off with their prices. HOWEVER you can go buy somewhere else if you
want to.

- I don't think that the compiler price is at Bug's latitude. I think that
it is dictated by 'higher' considerations, just like the L95 box prices
and the tens of little Loose flags hung in the shop. The prices of other
programs and hardware are reasonable, only the books are steep.

Peter