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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:22:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.050102.29262@actrix.gen.nz>, Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
-
- |> I'll agree with you. There have been no "classic" monopolies other than those
- |> created by governments.......or copyright.
- |>
- |> > Markets which the goverment stays out of are very harsh on monopolies.
- |>
- |> In a similar vein to your challenge......show me a market that governments
- |> stay out of......I don't think there have been too many of those, either.
-
- Nope. Government by its very nature tends to try and increase its power, and
- it requires eternal vigilance on the part of the citizens to keep it in its
- proper place. Unfortunatly, in America the last few generations haven't been
- vigilant enough. The result is excessive regulation and a goverment which
- spende over a billion dollars a day more than it takes in.
-
- |> The difference between us appears to be that i accept this regulatory
- |> background as necessary while you find it repugnant. In the particular case of
- |> MS, I am satisfied that they have acheived - by fair means or foul - a market
- |> position that will allow them to dominate the small computing industry (for
- |> all practical purposes).
-
- Microsoft _has_ dominated the IBM PC market for almost 10 years. Have we
- suffered? On the contrary, under Microsoft's dominance, the PC industry has
- experienced growth so stupendous that it is simply unprecidented in history.
-
- |> I don't think this is healthy. It may be perfectly legal and what a good job
- |> they have done! But this concentration of market power itself represents a
- |> potential to pervert and subvert the market. On this basis, the normal
- |> practice is to fragment the organisation.
- |>
- |> Like playing cards. One hand is dealt, played....then the cards are shuffled
- |> and re-dealt. This produces new diversity and new growth and prevents stasis
- |> and deterioration.
- |>
- |> Fair? I don't know...
-
- "Deep in your heart you know its not fair" :-) :-)
-
- |> ...but it seems to work.
-
- Does it though? Why arn't there any more DRAM manufacturers in the US?
- Why can't you buy a "Made in America" camera any more? Why does Sony and not
- GE make the best CD players? Our manufacturing base, strangled by
- regulations _including_ the antitrust laws, just can't compete with the giant
- vertically integrated companies of Japan and Korea. The antitrust laws prevent
- the pooling of resources which are necessary to create the next generation of
- consumer electronics.
-
- And unless we arn't vigilant now, our software companies are going to go the
- same route as our manufacturing base.
-