Re: [wg-c] breaking up (names) is hard to do

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

At 01:11 PM 8/23/99 , Christopher Ambler wrote:
> > Since NSI has managed to be allowed to charge 5-17 times too much for years
> > now, pardon some of us for being a bit skeptical about cavalier attemptsto
> > assert the adequacy of this approach.
>
>Your opinion. I think NSI has been charging about half as much as they

My "opinion" is from repeated analyses of fair and reasonable pricing, 
based on legitimate costs.  Several different people have done the analysis 
and come up with the same answer.

Anything above US$10 is not just too high but is absurdly too high.  More 
reasonable is US$2-5.

> > People and organizations use pretty much whatever means they can get away
> > with maximizing the gain of their incentives, such as profit.
>
>Which is none of your business. If you don't like it, don't patronize that
>business.

Thank you for pointing out the problem when there is lock-in.  Not 
patronizing isn't a realistic alternative.

d/

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