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- From: bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:32:26 GMT
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- In article <BzoA3B.M18@csfb1.fir.fbc.com> uunet!csfb1!jbrock writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.045145.15784@tc.cornell.edu>, bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
-
- >I'm not real interested in arguing the details of this particular
- >case.
-
- Why do you post, then, to this thread ?
-
- >I made a general statement about the free market system, which
- >is that it is flawed in that it allows monopolies, and that we try to
- >patch this flaw by interfering with the market. I also said that some
- >people treat the free market as a moral value, and are unwilling to
- >acknowledge any intrinsic flaws in the free market system, and that I
- >suspect you are one of these people. So I guess my question is are you
- >defending Microsoft because you don't think it has behaved in such a
- >way as to warrent interference, or because you think it is always
- >immoral to interfere with the free market?
-
- I think that voluntary nonfraudulant trade between people is
- good and moral, and that morality goes hand in hand with
- practicality. Of course, someone who expects a better deal but does
- not get it is getting frustrated.
-
- I have not heard yet about any fraudulant trade on the side of MS,
- neither have I seen any shred of evidence that MS fixes prices
- of software. Quite the contrary, software prices keep going down,
- and new products are continuously introduced into the market by
- MS and its competitors.
-
- Where do you disagree with me ?
-
- If the former, then I would
- >be interested to know what you think Microsoft would have to do before
- >intervention was warrented. If the latter, then my original suggestion
- >stands. Go elect some politicians who think as you do.
-
- What is your point ? Everyone votes for the politicians she prefers.
- Do you mean that I should accept as fair any law on the books just
- because it is there ? Do you ?
-
- >John Brock
- >uunet!csfb1!jbrock
- >jbrock@csfb1.fir.fbc.com
-
- Dov
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