Re: CFA: Microsoft overcharges consumers $10 billion in 3 years

["Joseph F. Moore" <joemoore@cs.uky.edu>]

On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, Mitch Stone wrote:

> --- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 1/9/99 11:51 AM ---
> 
> >Who had the data to contradict him at that time?  Probably the only person
> >on the panel in March who had that data on "OEM" pricing would have been
> >Michael Dell, and he *still* isn't talking.
> 
> Firm data on OS software costs might have helped, but the point would not 
> changed much in any event. Gates was taking credit for the vast increase 
> in computing power over the years, a course of events Microsoft had no 
> role in creating.
> 
I don't know, do you think we'd be using 400MHz processors with 12 GB
disks if we didn't have to install Windows 98 or NT?  Linux runs fine on
my 486.  Maybe M$ is driving the hardware improvements.  Not that I would
consider their approach good...

--Joe

> Mitch Stone
> mstone@vc.net
> 
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