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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!mips!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!lll-winken!telecom-request
  2. From: Bob_Frankston@frankston.com
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
  4. Subject: Re: Our Moderator and Monopolies
  5. Message-ID: <telecom12.650.9@eecs.nwu.edu>
  6. Date: 21 Aug 92 14:50:00 GMT
  7. Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
  8. Organization: TELECOM Digest
  9. Lines: 3
  10. Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
  11. X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu
  12. X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu
  13. X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 12, Issue 650, Message 9 of 10
  14.  
  15. Monopolies are not necessarily bad.  In fact, the patent system is a
  16. way of granting monopolies.  But patents have a limited lifetime.
  17.