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Re:This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business by corporateguy5 on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @06:15AM (#15651309)
But then it would turn into a slow government entity, all the talent will leave, and our economy would lose a great innovator.
Re:This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business by amelius on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @06:59AM (#15651552)
> But then it would turn into a slow government entity

Public utilities are not necessarily government entities; they can be privately owned.

> all the talent will leave, and our economy would lose a great innovator

That talent could work at universities again, so everybody would benefit more evenly from innovation.

Re:This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business by icebraining on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @09:05AM (#15652473)
Public utilities are not necessarily government entities; they can be privately owned.

Like Bell, who had to be sued to allow people to use modems and fax machines?

Re:This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business by amelius on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @12:32PM (#15654651)
At least the law was on our side.

Try suing Amazon for a similar cause.

Re:This Is How Amazon Could Invade the Pharmacy Business by icebraining on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @07:28PM (#15658595)
I don't need to - I can not use them.