At 12:17 PM -0700 6/8/01, Winsor Crosby wrote:
As the new Epson printers get into the market place with their chips
that prevent the use of non-Epson cartridges many of these third
party suppliers are going to go belly-up. Interesting that the big
three camera makers think that allowing third party makers to sell
cheap lenses is an inducement to people to buy their wares, but
Epson does not. Ah, greed.
It's a different business model, more like razor blades. When you "sell"
the printer for $79 or $99 or some such ridiculous number, you'd better
not let someone else take the profit from the consumables.
paul
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