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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
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Subject: Re: Re: Motorola policy
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Date: 12 Feb 88 00:11:08 GMT
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>> [speaking of Motorola policy in 1980]
>> Motorola makes the 68000, but by company policy they won't sell them for
>> use in home computers.

> 	Isn't that restraint of trade, and thus illegal?  

I think it's more targeting.  You have to sell them pretty much the same
to all customers, varying the price by volumes more than anything.

But you get to set the price, if you're Motorola.  So you offer 68000s at
$100 each, and they won't end up in many $500 home computers, but $20,000
workstations won't mind, if there's nothing better in the same range.  Offer
them for $5 each and they'll very likely wind up in $500 home computers.

Since they ARE in fact winding up in $500 home computers, I guess you can
draw your conclusions about what Motorola is selling them for.  Of course,
the competition with others (dunno what Intel sells 8086s or 80286s for
these days) is another factor; they may not necessarily WANT to sell them
for $5 each, but they do want to sell them, and I don't think anyone would
pay $100 for a 68000 these days; that's 68020 terratory.

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