On Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 01:17:10PM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:
> >
> > So what you are saying is, the volume discount is due to less handling and
> > therefore gives the same profit to the company?
>
> Basically, although profit does often go down with volume sales.
Of course, maximizing profit per unit is not the same as maximizing
total profit. Total profit is what comes down to the company's bottom line.
Bill Gates was apparently the first in the software industry to realize that
and act on it, and that's why Microsoft grabbed the mass market and stifled
all the Unix vendors.
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