Re: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread Tom Cook
On 0, David P James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [SNIP!] > Conclusion: you, the marginal consumer, might be able to stick it to MS > for $100 or $200, but any concerted attempt to stick it to MS in this > way is not going to work. MS wins again. M$ is rumored to have ~$50 billion in cash reserve

Re: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread David P James
Brooks R. Robinson was roused into action on 04/10/02 12:03 and wrote: > | * martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-10-2002 15:14]: > | > > If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' > | > > $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. > | > > | > Where did you le

RE: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 15:12, Ron Johnson wrote: [***SNIPPLISED!!!***] > Thus, stay away from MSFT!! (They do make good optical mice, though...) > > -- > ++ > | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Jefferson, L

Re: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread Matthew Daubenspeck
> 2 thoughts: > - I'm pretty sure that you *must* buy some games that come bundled > with the Xbox. So, the price is .gt. $200. > - If "we" buy lots of Xboxen, it will be that much fuel for MSFT > for when they go to GameCos and say, "Look at our sales figures. > You should make games for

RE: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 11:03, Brooks R. Robinson wrote: > | * martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-10-2002 15:14]: > | > > If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' > | > > $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. > | > > | > Where did you learn economics? >

RE: mass installation on XBox (and economics)

2002-10-04 Thread Brooks R. Robinson
| * martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-10-2002 15:14]: | > > If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' | > > $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. | > | > Where did you learn economics? | | I should resist, but sorry. | | More Xboxes sold, is more deve

Re: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-04 Thread Robert Ian Smit
* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [04-10-2002 15:14]: > > If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' > > $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. > > Where did you learn economics? I should resist, but sorry. More Xboxes sold, is more developer support,

Re: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-04 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:59:00PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.04.1319 +0200]: > > If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' > > $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. > > Where did you learn economics?

Re: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-04 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.04.1319 +0200]: > If I buy an X-Box that cost $300 to make for $200, then MS `loses' > $100. If I don't buy one at all, then they lose $300. Where did you learn economics? -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ ec

Re: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-04 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach deFreese, Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.10.02.1820 +0200]: > Total curiosity here but why on Earth would you purchase 100 Xboxes > to run Linux? Weren't you complaining in the "Problem with Debian" > thread about giving money to Microsoft? No. Aside, M$ will lose money if you buy a

Re: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-04 Thread Rob Weir
On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 03:21:18PM -0400, vanillicat wrote: > On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:20:37 -0700 > "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Total curiosity here but why on Earth would you purchase 100 Xboxes to > > run Linux? Weren't you complaining in the "Problem with Debian" > > thre

Re: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-02 Thread vanillicat
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 09:20:37 -0700 "deFreese, Barry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Total curiosity here but why on Earth would you purchase 100 Xboxes to > run Linux? Weren't you complaining in the "Problem with Debian" > thread about giving money to Microsoft? > > Just curious. Since Microsoft

RE: mass installation on XBox

2002-10-02 Thread deFreese, Barry
Total curiosity here but why on Earth would you purchase 100 Xboxes to run Linux? Weren't you complaining in the "Problem with Debian" thread about giving money to Microsoft? Just curious. Barry deFreese NTS Technology Services Manager Nike Team Sports (949)-616-4005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Technol