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Fri 07 Jul 2009Microsoft aims to price itself into the open source market
WIRED:A FAIR PRICE. What does that mean? If you ask most of us, abruptly, when we’re not expecting an economics exam, we’d say that a fair price is the cost of a good, plus a little on top for profit, writes DANNY O'BRIEN
Ask an economist and they’ll tell you there’s no such thing: just a dot on a demand and supply chart. The fair price for a load of bread demands on how much bread is being made, and how badly you want bread.
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