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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Subject: Re: Reality check: Amiga coverage is not a right, but a privilege
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Date: 18 Dec 90 08:12:10 GMT
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In article <90351.233854JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>Supply and demand is
>a simple, but unfortunately in this day and age, quaint idea.  It
>worked for a long time until some smart cookies figured out how to
>beat it.
>
	(for those who remember their economics classes) The Mac is
the only known example of a Giffen good!

	(for those who don't remember their economics classes)
The Mac is the only good which sells more when they raise the
price!

>Example: Apple has been repeatedly known to threaten to pull a
>dealer's Apple license if that dealer started selling Amigas.
>This is but one example of defeating supply and demand.  And you
>don't think Apple wouldn't do this in the publishing world?  Even
>if threats were ineffective against publishers, under the table
>dollars speak loudly.  And personally, I wouldn't trust Bill Gates
>and Microsoft any farther than Apple.
>
	If any of that could be proven by Commodore, not only
could they get a lot of money from Apple in a court for restraint
of trade but they would also get TONS of publicity in the
process. If they won it would be an enormous leap for them. The
fact that they aren't in court tends to lead me to believe that
the examples of this aren't being done openly.
	As to Bill Gates, he isn't necessarily a competitor. That
depends on what he and Microsoft decide. They aren't making a
computer you realize. If they decide to jump on the Amiga
bandwagon, which rumor makes things sound like it is possible,
then he will no longer care WHICH machine sells well. He has it
covered from all ends.
	-- Ethan

	Woody Allen on Los Angeles:

	"I mean, who would want to live in a place where the only
cultural advantage is that you can turn right on a red light?"