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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:31 AM Original message |
Is this evil? |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. Capitalism as a big high school cafeteria. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. No shit. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Marketing is the reason both Apple and Microsoft have such diehard fans |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:38 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. This isn't about identity. It is about Microsoft adjusting the price of their |
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tblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think of Mucrosoft as an evil company. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
5. It's a variant of dynamic pricing, and you're going to see a lot more of it. n/t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. So it is going to price according to your social class, but MS will determine your class. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Not just social class, and not just Microsoft. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. There could be a backlash when the less connected start resenting the |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. More likely, there will be a black market. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I can see the Mac/PC adds now... MS is handing a golden opportunity to |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's how capitalism works, and why I consider it a piece of sh*t |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. It isn't social marketing, it is social engineering to increase their profits. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. It's basically all bad. :( nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Maybe the guys at MS are caught in a perpetual adolescence. They never got |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Somebody should kick their behinds and maybe their brains will fall into place correctly? LOL nt |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. MS has peaked, we'll have a new overlord: Google. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. It's perfectly designed for conformity. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. That's life. Those with the most get more. nt |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. how ironic. How much would friendless supernerd Bill Gates pay for his own product? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. Consumer as marketing tool. Germ theory and viral marketing hand in hand. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
16. There is absolutely nothing new about this |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 01:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Certainly that way in banking and investing. |
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Loudmxr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yes its evil. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
19. So can I send my popular friend to buy it for me and then get a better deal? |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. How about buying a product from a competitor, or go open source for |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. Shapes of things to come, Ads that will in time refer to you by name... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 07:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I'm glad I am in the autumn of life. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
28. This shit is frightening. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It's creepy. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-13-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. You had me at "MicroSoft" |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-14-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Balmer has been less than stellar at the helm. Their stock has been flat for |
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