[rescue] fwd: Linux Foundation Prepares For Microsoft's Legal Action

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm at mendelson.com>
>Date: 2007/05/21 Mon PM 03:03:08 CDT
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] fwd: Linux Foundation Prepares For Microsoft's Legal Action

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>BTW< it also went both ways. A friend of mine used to import Hornby model
>trains to the U.S. He had his mother buy the at retail prices in England, and
>mail them to him via surface mail. He sold them at train shows for
>twice his cost and was still far cheaper than anyone else.

There was a very active market in "grey market" Commodore PETs - there was one case where the largest retailer in the US (in NYC) didn't sell any Commodore machines in his storefront - he sent themall to europe where they were worth twice as much as in America.

Lionel