Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 16:43:30 -0800 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Brett Glass" <brett@lariat.org>, "Jonathon McKitrick" <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Video Stupidity Message-ID: <000101bf475e$92e396f0$021d85d1@youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.19991215173848.00ca4ba0@localhost>
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> At 05:23 PM 12/15/1999 , David Schwartz wrote: > > > > > >Wouldn't that just encourage other companies to sell _cheaper_? > > > > > > Nope; it's like airline pricing. When the leader goes up, the others > > > generally follow. > > > > Yes, but the others don't set their pricing quite as > high as the leader > >does. > > Not true -- particularly not in the airline business. I guess I must have imagined those fare wars then. In any event, this is not a very good example because there are tremendous (and unique) barriers to entry in the airline business. For example, foreign airlines are still effectively prohibited from competing on domestic routes. > But then, you have displayed in previous messages your lack of knowledge > of economics. Ah, your famous ad hominem. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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