Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!claris!drc From: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Price Increases Vs Competition Message-ID: <5459@claris.UUCP> Date: 19 Sep 88 15:38:17 GMT References: <3215@tekig4.TEK.COM> <46100219@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: drc@claris.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) Organization: Claris Corporation, Mountain View CA Lines: 13 In article <46100219@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes: >Ah, but IBM's real prices, the ones the customers they WANT have to >pay, are only maybe 60% of the published price. I'm not so >sure, but doesn't Apple do the same? Yes, this is true. Consortium prices are typically between 50 and 60% of list. My understanding is that major accounts also have about a 30-40% price break (hearsay, here). Then, there is Apple's Developer program -- something IBM doesn't have. Dennis Cohen Claris Corp. ------------ Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed above are _MINE_!