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- From: cm@cmm.ovum.ka.sub.org (Christoph Mueller)
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- Subject: Re: Is Microsoft the next Standard Oil?
- Keywords: economics 101
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- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 22:12:20 CET
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- Organization: Christoph's PC, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- tzs@stein.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) writes:
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- > If you think this is good, examine the former Soviet Union. The hypothetical
- > drilling equipment market above is being controlled by one entity, not subjec
- > to market forces. Does it really matter that this entity is a company rather
- > a government?
-
- Yes, it does! There is quite a difference in how you became a monopoly.
- In the former USSR, a company was put in that position by government
- decision. I am not sure completely but I think AT&T was put in that position
- too (at least the German Telecom is still--that's why the new AT&T or MCI are
- much better/cheaper/...). Microsoft was never put anywhere by anything else
- than market force (that's why they are still produce good software)
- Ok, now they are in the position of a monopoly. But as soon as they get too
- outrageous (so far they have gone far but not far enough) the competition
- will get them again (even though the competition might be handicapped).
-
- Just my $0.01 worth
-
- ---Christoph, Germany --- cm@cmm.ovum.ka.sub.org
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