Re: [PLUG] MS Outlaws?

["eric@lucii.org" <eric@lucii.org>]

Yes, that is stated much better.  That's what I meant.
Monoply by itself is not illegal.  
Abusing monopolostic power, even if not a true monopoly is illegal.

Thanks.
Eric

On Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 10:54:59PM -0500, Michael Leone wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-02-17 at 22:27, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> > A monopoly is not necessarily 100%.
> > They don't have to BE a monopoly - just act like it.
> > Microsoft used it's overwhelming market share to perform monopolistic
> > activity.  
> 
> Uhhmmm ... no. It's not illegal to BE a monopoly; it is illegal to abuse
> your monopolistic power to stifle competition. There are examples of
> monopolies - PECO is still a monopoly in this area, in terms of
> providing electricity, even tho there are other firms doing it, PECO has
> the overwhelming market share, still. 
> 
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