CFA: Microsoft overcharges consumers $10 billion in 3 years

["Eric M. Bennett" <ericb@pobox.com>]

The Consumer Federation of America says Microsoft's monopoly has allowed it
to overcharge consumers $10 billion for Windows over the last three years.
Microsoft disputes the report, saying competition forces it to keep its
prices low.  (Lower than what, I ask?  Not lower than Linux.  Not lower
than MacOS.  Not lower than BeOS.  etc. etc.)

More here:
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2184859,00.html

CPT has a copy of the study here:
http://www.essential.org/antitrust/ms/cfa/cfa-jan99.html



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Eric Bennett ( http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/ )
Cornell University, Field of Biochemistry, 377 Olin Chemistry Lab

We have increased our prices over the last 10 years [while]
other component prices have come down and continue to come down.
-Joachim Kempin, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Corp.