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DRAM Price Fixing
AEton writes "There's an interesting article up at Newsforge, an OSDN sibling site, about price fixing in the DRAM market. According to Melanie Hollands, a technology analyst, market consolidation and uncertain prices have contributed to subtle cooperation between the major DRAM "competitors" to keep prices high. While she finds little "hard evidence of collusion", there are strong circumstantial trends which last year sparked a secretive Department of Justice antitrust inquiry." Allegations of this have been floating around for a while - heck, you can even join the suit.
Aww, so Infineon, Micron, Samsung and all the others fix DRAM prices eh ? well SCREW them bastards. Let's all boycott RAM, let's all run our entire systems in SWAP !! That'll teach them !
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
According to /me, a technology analyst, market consolidation and Windows upgrade cycles have contributed to subtle cooperation between the major DRAM "competitors" and Microsoft to keep demand high.
I always found it suspicious that everytime RAM prices came down, the factory was on fire, blown away by tornado, or was hit by an earthquake. It was like they really had a bad case of Sim City.
I remember my summer's in OPEC, the magestic mooses, cool evenings on the lakes with Sven...
You are in a maze of twisted little posts, all alike.
Look at Linux distributions, for example!
Obviously there is price collusion, because so many are offered for exactlty the same price, $0!!! Get me a federal prosecutor!
Well, that was the topic. I didn't realize you were intentionally posting something that just sorta sounded like what was being discussed, but actually had nothing to do with it.
you have obviously never heard of a 'hydraulic monopoly'.
Oh yes. That's what I have over my wife. I've got something she's got to have... My Hydraulics!
And, yes I charge her for it! More golf time for me -equals more hydraulics for her.
Also, there's price fixing amongst my buddies. We make sure none of us gives it to our wives more than each other. This, so the wives can't get together and complain or brag. "I get it x times a week...", "You do? I only get it y times a week."
Good thing we don't use milkmen these days; the femail man isn't a worry; the trashmen are well... trashmen. That only leaves the UPS dude.
Personally, I think you should only give your hydraulics to your wife, but I guess it's none of my business what you and your buddies do.