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| Time: 11:48 EST/16:48 GMT | News Source: Reuters | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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NEW YORK--The Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate plans to question state and federal antitrust officials on whether the proposed Microsoft antitrust settlement goes far enough in stifling the giant's illegal practices, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The committee has tentatively decided on a December 12 hearing date and plans to request testimony from the Justice Department's antitrust chief, Charles James, state officials who are for and against the settlement and a top Microsoft lawyer or executive, aides said, according to the newspaper's online edition. | ||
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| #1 By 1124 (165.170.128.65) at 11/28/2001 1:26:42 PM |
| Damn those Anonymous |
| #2 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 11/28/2001 2:28:09 PM |
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Oddly enough this case has very little to do with Republicans and Democrats. Two notable persons involved on the anti-MS side of the case are Kenneth Starr and Robert Bork.
It's more of a Libertarian versus Government-Control argument. Republicans aren't libertarian, they just want a different type of stifling control than Democrats, i.e. more stifling at the state level or on issues of morality, etc. |
| #3 By 135 (208.50.201.48) at 11/28/2001 9:54:26 PM |
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#8. Well actually in the case of RedHat their R&D is $0, so if they charge anything they are overcharging.
S is certainly more intelligent than Mr. Constipation. |
| #4 By 1845 (65.0.207.79) at 11/29/2001 3:16:40 AM |
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The cost of R&D should have little to do with the price of a product. The price of a product should be (and typically is) just what the seller thinks the majority of the public will pay. If Microsoft didn't think a sufficient number of people would pay $99, they wouldn't charge it. The same goes for Apple, RedHat, Corel, Sun, and every other company - tech or otherwise - that sells products.
#6 I think you are way off base. There are competing products. If you think Microsoft's prices are too high, then you should buy from their competitors. Contrary to popular belief they do have them. Apple, Corel, Sun, RedHat are all applicable competitors in the OS and Office world. S, bravo! You saw beyond the anti-Microsoft lies to see that other software vendors charge similar prices. #8 Overcharging for a product is personal opinion. It can have a legal definition, but usually doesn't. Generally, if the market won't bare the price, then that price is too high. Look at cell phones - as their prices decrease more people buy them. Those who said "this is way too expensive" now buy at the lower price. Many people say "this is an acceptable price" and so they buy cell phones. Many people accept that Microsoft's prices are acceptable, and so they pay them. I consider RedHat's prices to be too expensive, so I don't buy from them. Actually two years ago, I bougt Linux from RedHat for $5 when a store was going out of business. To me that was an acceptable price. |
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