NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/system/15441

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From: [e-mail] (Thomas E. DeWeese)
Subject: Re: Mac OS on PC
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Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 07:41:47 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark Phaedrus) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Thomas E. DeWeese) writes:
>
>>                                                           There are two
>>"rumors" I have heard which, if true (which really is for a court of law
>>to decide), mean that MS is no longer compeating in a free market enviroment.
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>     Mind you, I'm not saying that Microsoft shouldn't be broken up; I think
>there's valid reasons for doing so.  But not these particular reasons. :)
>\o\ Internet: [e-mail]  (Seattle, WA Public Access Unix)     \o\

  What I was trying to point out is that Microsoft is no longer exists in a
free market.  While those rumors don't mean that Microsoft is doing anything
illegal, they do indicate that Microsoft has essensially a monopoly in the
industry.  One of the odd things about the anti trust (?) laws is that
you don't have to "break the law", you simply have to get to a point where
you are so large, that you no longer have to serve your customers.
                            Thomas DeWeese
[e-mail]