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And lo on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:11:27 -0000, scott <sco### [at] laptop com> did
spake, saying:
>>>> From Amazon the non-OEM non-upgrade 32-bit versions
>>>>
>>>
>>> You'd be silly not to buy the OEM version though...
>>
>> I agree, except the point is these are the real prices Microsoft are
>> trying to sell their operating system for. You're essentially saying
>> it's silly to buy that suit from the actual store when you can get it
>> cheaper in their 'factory' store except what is the cheaper price based
>> upon?
>
> Actually I read an interesting article the other day about things like
> this, where you get certain groups of people to pay more for essentially
> the same product. Like when cinemas charge kids and OAPs half-price,
> what they're actually doing is charging people who have a job and can
> afford it double. Seems the same with MS here, they're just charging
> people who aren't geeks a lot more. Which kind of makes sense, as the
> geeks are the ones most likely to switch to another OS...
Try
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Undercover-Economist-Tim-Harford/dp/0349119856/ he
discusses much the same thing though he concentrates on how companies get
us to differentiate ourselves by the amount we spend. For example
Sainsbury's bananas are 14p each, Sainsbury's Fair Trade bananas are 22p
each; do you think the entire extra 8p per banana is going to the grower?
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Phil Cook
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