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- From: gisie@wam.umd.edu (Satan)
- Subject: Re: Why memory costs doubled
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.201619.12518@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1992Nov13.181714.1835@dcatlas.dot.gov> <BzzID0.1zC@fc.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 20:16:19 GMT
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- In article <BzzID0.1zC@fc.hp.com> chuckc@fc.hp.com (Chuck Cairns) writes:
- >Joe Trott (joet@dcatlas.dot.gov) wrote:
- >: phillip@kiwi.gen.nz (Phillip Hardy) writes:
- >:
- >: >noel@reg.triumf.ca (NOEL) writes:
- >: >: I am still peaved that RAM prices have doubled overnight seamingly
- >: certain business interests found it easier to complain than to compete.
- >: Granted, the Koreans were "dumping" at below cost, but people who are not ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- Interesting note - the Japanese have been doing this for years. They
- will enter a market, dump products below cost until all of the
- competition goes under trying to keep up, then they have the consumer
- by the proverbial jewels...
-
- They dont see this practice as wrong, as it is life in Japan...
- Business is war and what is wrong to some (USA) its how its done
- in another place (Japan)...
-
- Doomo...
-
- Tim
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