<OT> A bad day in Redmond

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 9/18/07, Joel Hammer <joel at hammershome.com> wrote:
> Just something to think about.  MS's domination is
> slowly fading. IHMO, having the courts jump in reminds
> me too much of the legal battles in the past over cars
> and steel. Younger people won't remember, and perhaps
> can't imagine, that a few US firms dominated those
> industries. The marketplace settled those issues much more
> effectively than the courts.

Except that you're confusing market dominance with a monopoly.  There
were (the big) 3 auto companies, not one.  There were several (US)
large steel companies, which were put out of business by significantly
cheaper foreign steel.  I'm afraid that your example doesn't really
hold any weight.

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