Martin Zam writes:
> --- Brian Behlendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when a group of entities get together and decide to "sell" a
> > thing at a cost substantially lower than the cost of production, *with the
> > intent to affect other parties who can not make a similar unreturned
> > investment*, then that is usually called "price fixing", a category of
> > antitrust.
>
> I believe the term dumping applies here as well. RAM pricing from Asia was
> the focus of an enormous amount of government attention, not that long ago,
> when U.S. firms were allegedly forced from the market.
Yes, I think price fixing is something else entirely: if a group of
vendors conspire to sell some good at a specific (high!) price, and
not to compete against each other by cutting the price below that
level, this is price fixing (also called a cartel).
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