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

"Robert N. Newshutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Circe wrote:
> > "Robert N. Newshutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >>Is the price MS charges for its products "gouging"?
> >
> > 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.
>
Perhaps <g>! However, I wouldn't pay a penny for most of Microsoft's
software if I had a choice in the matter, so by my estimation, they're
definitely gouging me!
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