Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decwrl!sun!gam From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: satellite netnews costs - free enterprise Message-ID: <759@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 21:16:19 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.759 Posted: Sun Dec 16 21:16:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 18-Dec-84 02:52:15 EST References: <466@vortex.UUCP> <1070@ulysses.UUCP> <449@fisher.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 17 A nice thing about the free enterprise system is that if someone can make the product for less, people will be more likely to buy theirs than the more expensive one (quality aside), and the more expensive manufacturer will go out of business. If Lauren is overcharging, then someone else could easily compete with him while still making a respectable profit (that's not a dirty word, is it?). I do not see this happening, so it is reasonable to conclude (for now) that Lauren's estimates are reasonable. Those who disagree should do themselves and everyone else a favor by producing an equivalent but cheaper model. -- Gordon A. Moffett ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam 37 22'50" N / 121 59'12" W [ This is just me talking. ]