Digital BW, The Print

Gregg,
 
I'm an engineer, not a lawyer. I recall reading somewhere on one of
these lists some time ago that auto mfgs were forbidden from doing this
because of transportation being linked to national security, etc. I
suppose it would be a DOT reg. But my source and I could be wrong.
 
The same description you wrote below could be said of Microsoft. They
don't have an absolute monopoly either. There's Mac OS, Linux, etc. They
do enjoy a strong majority in the pc OS market, just as Epson does in
the photo printer market. I see no reason why Epson should have immunity
for their strong-arm tactics while Microsoft is taking considerable
grief for theirs. I understand the EU anti-trust guys are looking into
this. I hope ours do also.
 
Lloyd
 

 
 -----Original Message-----
From: Gregg Mastorakos [mailto:lightpainter@...] 
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 1:24 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 Printer




From: "Lloyd O'Daniel" <lodaniel@...>
Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 21:55:12 -0500
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 Printer

Lloyd,
No one is stopping Ford from making a car that runs only on "Ford Fuel"
except Ford itself.  It  would be prefectly legal  and ethical.  They
realize that the market allows freedom of choice in buying a vehicle and
since they don't have a monopoly it would be suicide on their part.  The
fact that Epson makes the best product for your needs doesn't make it a
monopoly or mean that they have to give up the right to profit from
that.
When another printer manufacturer makes an equivilent product that uses
third party (cheaper) inks, Epson will change their ways.
I'm on your side in wishing that Epson would lower prices on inks and I
have
thought of buying other printers but I don't  because Epson has the best
product for me.

Gregg


" Auto makers are not allowed to mfg vehicles that run on a
high-priced, single-sourced proprietary fuel, much less build in smart
technology that defeats the ability to use third party fuel. If Ford,
for example, attempted this and particularly if their cars were as
superior as Epsons are for photo printing, the DOJ would exceed the
speed of light to file anti-trust action.

Lloyd

-----Original Message-----
From: Truman Prevatt [mailto:tprevatt@...]
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 5:17 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 Printer





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