Xref: utzoo comp.misc:4664 comp.sys.ibm.pc:23026 comp.sys.att:5163 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!rice!titan!foo From: foo@titan.rice.edu (Mark Hall) Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Dram Prices... Message-ID: <2428@kalliope.rice.edu> Date: 10 Jan 89 17:12:54 GMT References: <18814@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <6175@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <2357@cuuxb.ATT.COM> Sender: usenet@rice.edu Reply-To: foo@titan.rice.edu (Mark Hall) Organization: Rice University, Houston Lines: 16 In article <2357@cuuxb.ATT.COM> fmcgee@cuuxb.UUCP (Frank W. McGee) writes: >I second this opinion. It's been almost a year since the price of DRAM >went through the roof, and there still aren't any cheap US made chips. >I'd support the action if it had actually helped US industry, but >instead it has helped no one. Are you kidding? Have you seen the price of TI stock lately? As far as whether the government intervention is a good thing - (oops this is comp.misc, not rec.armchair.economists...) If this leads to another discussion of economics in comp groups, I hope the posters get TONS of junk-email. >attmail!fmcgee - mark