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Re: [PLUG] OT, "monopoly"
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On 26 Apr 2002 at 12:57, Jon Galt wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Kyle R . Burton wrote:
>
> > I keep posting this stuff to PLUG in the hopes that it will at least
> > raise awareness of what's happening in the minds of PLUG members.
> > My hope is that as a group, we will are (or will be) in a position
> > to influence things for the better - but we need to know what's
> > going on, and a little prodding never hurts.
>
> I agree. It just irritates me when people refer to Microsloth as a
> "monopoly", and claim that they don't have a right to run their
> business the way they want to.
They *are* a monolpoly, as was determined by the court, and affirmed
on appeal. Being a monopoly is *not* illegal; abusing your
monopolistic power *is*. And so they *don't* have a right to run
their business any way they want; they did run it the way they
wanted, and that way was found to be illegal.
The breakup part of the remedy solution was the part thrown out, not
the fact that they were guilty.
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