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Re: Linux used as defence vs. monopoly accusations
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.
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.
>Peter
Udi