Re: Price gouging is beneficial. Price gouging is great!

Circe wrote:

> "Robert N. Newshutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Is the price MS charges for its products "gouging"?
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> It is if I would prefer to buy another product but cannot because its
> dominance in the marketplace effectively prevents me the freedom to choose a
> superior and possibly less expensive software.

You have a very interesting definition of gouging, but I think it is 
too far from the common usage to be useful in communication.