Thursday, September 12, 2002

"Judge delays decision on injunction against Twins and baseball", Associated Press, November 15, 2001. What do you think of Major League Baseball's argument: ``The government does not have the right to mandate the continued operation of a business, even if the public likes the services offered by that enterprise.'' [LINK: consumer surplus, producer surplus (pre-term, 3), externalities (20)] 3:41:42 PM    comment []

"Pilot Error: How Palm Tumbled From Star of Tech To Target of Microsoft", Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2001. With Figure on profits, etc.. and Figure on Palm's market. A related story seems to suggest that Microsoft made the same mistake at Palm in 3Q 2001, "Report: PDA Sales Plunge in Q3 - Waiting for Microsoft?", Wireless NewsFactor, November 5 2001. While most such articles focus solely on how Palm & Pocket PC market share has varied over time, this article also makes an interesting product differentiation point:  "The [Dataquest] study notes that, in the enterprise, Palms are seen as lower-end devices best suited for managing appointments, tasks and contacts while Pocket PC devices have more e-mail capabilities and interact better with both standard and custom office applications." [LINK: dynamic aspects of demand (8), network externalities (7)] 3:38:32 PM    comment []