[Info-vax] What is VMS?

[Bob Eager]

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:40:11 -0800, seasoned_geek wrote:

> Nobody with the tiniest shred of ethics would even consider doing
> business with Amazon.com, and now you have a shining example as to why. 

Crap. Why? It's an open, free market...isn't that the American dream?

It's a third party seller using the Amazon shop. If it was in print, 
Amazon would sell it at list price or below. No one is forced to pay that 
price.

> It would be interesting to see what happens if someone actually was dim
> witted enough to order from Amazon.com since I would never fill such an
> order.

Why would you? Someone is selling their used copy.

> with ask.com
> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-minimum-you-need-to-know-to-be-an-
openvms-application-developer-roland-hughes/1007784093
> 
> with google
> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-minimum-you-need-to-know-to-be-an-
openvms-application-developer-roland-hughes/1007784093
> and it actually shows the $90 price in the little snippet

So, they have old stock; presumably Amazon sold all theirs and you got 
the royalties.

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