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Re: Boycott Microsoft

From: Joe Ragosta <joe.ragosta_at_dol.net>
Date: 1998/05/19
Message-ID: <joe.ragosta-1905980753050001@wil104.dol.net>#1/1

In article <6jr6ht$t1h$1_at_nargun.cc.uq.edu.au>, "Christopher Smith" <drsmithy_at_usa.net> wrote:

> >> I use both.
> >
> >And you are living proof that Netscape does not have a monopoly on
> >browsers. And before IE, there was Mosaic and MacWeb and a bunch of
 other
> >less known browsers. Hell, some people still use Lynx on Unix!
> >
> >Morbius
>
> Why don't you go tell the DOJ that Microsoft isn't a monopoly then -
> after all I'm living proof since I use OSes apart from Windows.

Sorry, but that's no proof. Under U.S. Antitrust law, you don't need to have 100.00000% of the business to have a monopoly. The actual interpretation is that you merely need enough to exert "unreasonable control" over the market.

-- 
Regards,
Joe Ragosta
http://www.dol.net/~Ragosta/complmac.htm
Received on Tue May 19 1998 - 00:00:00 CDT

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