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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! :)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.194337.27456@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- References: <1992Dec23.091821.7707@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec28.232207.1612@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec29.193928.8003@microsoft.com> <29103@oasys.dt.navy.mil> <1992Dec30.165838.3637@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 19:43:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec30.165838.3637@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- |> In <29103@oasys.dt.navy.mil> jwhite@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Joseph White) writes:
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- |> >In article <1992Dec29.193928.8003@microsoft.com> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
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- |> >> How about professional baseball or football in the U.S.? Neither
- |> >>was government created - both are monopolies.
- |>
- |> >But both had anti-trust exemptions granted by the government! So
- |> >while the government didn't create them, they have certainly helped
- |> >them continue.
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- OK, could somebody explain to me why professional baseball and football are
- monopolies?
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