Re: bundling is inherently unfair to consumers

["Lewis A. Mettler" <lmettler@lamlaw.com>]

Steve,

Did you read the piece on Bill Gates before or after you concluded
without any evidence regarding harm?

Steve Cohen wrote:
> 
> "Lewis A. Mettler" wrote:
> 
> >
> > However, the real fallacy in the example is caused by the fact that the
> > tire company does not have a monopoly at all.  No tire company does.
> > And, as I recall, the example did not say that tires were only sold with
> > the pound of beef.  If it is only a come-on then that might be
> > advertising.
> >
> 
> There ya go again, Mr. Mettler.
> 
> Once again, as someone shoots another hole into your absurd thesis that ALL
> bundling is harmful, you bring up the utterly irrelevant (from the point of
> view of proving or disproving your thesis) point that the tire company does
> not have a monopoly.

I demonstrated how Bill Gates himself is financially harmed by the
bundling of IE.

I guess you missed that piece?

Perhaps you would like to explain how Bill Gates was not harmed?

-- 
Lewis A. Mettler, Esq.(Attorney and Software Developer)
lmettler@LAMLaw.com
http://www.lamlaw.com/ (detailed review of the Microsoft antitrust
trial)