[citation][nom]ptroen[/nom]Sounds like a oligopoly practice to keep the ram prices from falling.[/citation]
How is protecting brand identity an ologopolisitc practice?
Besides, of all the PC component markets, ram is one of the most competitive. PC technology in general(hardware, not software) are very price competitive, even amongst duopolies such as AMD/Intel or AMD/Nvidia.
I can get a GPU today for $100 that would have cost me more than three times that two years ago.