Re: [cobalt-users] Replacement Cobalt parts now available online

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BT> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:44:19 -0700
BT> From: Bruce Timberlake

BT> No flames on the prices, please - I didn't make them up.
BT> Also, if you buy the parts from Sun, your warranty will
BT> remain in effect.  If you use non-Sun parts, your warranty is
BT> voided.

IANAL.  Anyone know law or precedent on "you must use our parts
or lose your entire warranty" tie-ins on commercial products?
It would be much more clear-cut if Magnuson Moss applied to
commercial products. ;-)

To me that smells like an attempt to eliminate competition.
Using Bork's estimate of what constitutes a monopoly (60 to 70
percent of market share in mergers), I think that one might be
able to classify the RAQ as a monopoly in its market segment.

Again, IANAL.  Just rambling/griping about claims that one cannot
purchase the exact same product under a different label.


--
Eddy

Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - EverQuick Internet Division
Phone: +1 (316) 794-8922 Wichita/(Inter)national
Phone: +1 (785) 865-5885 Lawrence

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