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- From: wiegand@rtsg.mot.com (Robert Wiegand)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
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- Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
- References: <BzMyJn.78M@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec22.105648.22438@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 22:02:29 GMT
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- helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman) writes:
-
- >In article <BzMyJn.78M@news.iastate.edu>, TW.FY4@isumvs.iastate.edu (Timothy I Miller) writes:
-
- >|> Quite the opposite, I often think that laws are very unfair. I
- >|> also know that fairness of a law doesn't change the fact that the
- >|> law exists, and will be enforced by the government (well,
- >|> sometimes...).
-
- >Well folks lets use this opportunity to point out a bad law.
-
- >It prevents U.S. companies from being able to pool resources to be able to
- >compete in flat panel LCD displays, DRAMS and consumer electronics with the
- >Japanese and Koreans, both of which have nothing like our anti-trust laws.
-
- Actually the main problem is that these areas require large investments
- that US companies aren't willing to make. The difference is that the
- Japanese companies don't have to worry as much about short-term profit.
-
- >Compare the rate of growth of the standard of living in Japan and Korea with
- >that of the U.S. and you'll clearly see that something has got to change.
-
- They are growing faster partly because they started so far behind that
- improving is easier. If you look at actual standard of living the US is still
- ahead. And if you look at the prices that Japanese consumers pay for goods
- you will find that they pay more than US consumers. Why? Becuase Japan
- doesn't have the anti-trust laws that the US has. Keep in mind that if
- the anti-trust laws you don't like were removed it would lead to higher
- prices for us.
-
- >Instead of starting a new trade war, why don't we just unhobble our companies
- >and let them give 'em hell?
-
- Do you really think that establishing a monopoly will result in better
- products? Just the oposite. If you reduce the competition the quality
- goes down, not up.
-
- >Computer Software is of only a very few areas in which the U.S. Economy shines.
- >It is also one of the very few areas which hasn't been regulated to death.
-
- If you really look at the areas where we messed up it wasn't because of
- regulations. US business get lazy and got pounded when the Japanese
- came into the market with better products.
-
- >Don't you all think that the U.S. Goverment and U.S. Business have a
- >very adversarial relationship? Wouldn't it be better if instead of
- >working against our best companies the goverment would work with them?
-
- --
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- Robert Wiegand - Motorola Inc.
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- Disclamer: I didn't do it - I was somewhere else at the time.
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