Re: Woohooo! Dell + Linux
(Dell's price)
> Doesn't basic economics dictate that given competition,
the equilibrium
> price is determined by both supply and demand? Even if I'm willing
to
> pay a great deal, if the cost to produce the item is low, competition
> should drive down the price. Are you implying that the market is a
> monopoly or oligarchy ?
Definitely yes.
Show me a worker, a farmer, a biology
teacher, a bank employee etc willing to buy MS Windows separately and install
it themselves on their new desktop. Let's skip some level of piracy here.
No mass computer manufacturer can resign
of MS Windows.
Why should they lower the price for
specialised line of OS-less machines designed for linux fans ?
regards
zb
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