Actually, thier OS software sales sells at a loss. They make money on thier
Office and other software, such as MSSQL 2000

So selling thier OS at a substantially lower price would just hurt them
more, and is still an anti-trust violation stemming back fromt he days of
Rockefeller selling at a loss (on purpose) to drive other companies out of
busniess.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lee Einer" <appealsman@cox.net>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: Steve Ballmer's bogus threat


> Hi, Kim-
>
> They (MS, the Tyrants of Redmond,
> etc) could attempt such a thing,
> but I think that if they tried it,
> even under the present
> business-friendly administration,
> the Department of Justice would
> hand MS their own procreative parts
> on a hotdog bun (please God, let me
> live to see it...)
>
> I think there is also a limited
> extent to which a business can ask
> it's customers to waive their legal
> rights- subscription or no, such
> things are subject to judicial
> review, tests of reasonableness,
> etc.
>
> Anyway, give it six months or a
> year, and see. Even if Microsoft
> takes it on the chin in this
> anti-trust suit, they will still be
> selling the Windows OS, under any
> conditions they have to abide by,
> because it's the closest thing they
> have to a stranglehold on the
> software market. They certainly
> can't make ends meet by selling
> their Office suite or their
> browser...
>
> IMHO, anyway. Time will tell :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Lee Einer
>
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