Re:Why monopolies make spying easier
by bad_user on Thursday June 20, 2013 @02:22AM
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Considering this is an absolutely huge global market, which includes countries that have an aversion towards anything made in U.S. - and considering that more than 90% global market share really means 100% in local markets, Microsoft's Windows monopoly has been one of the biggest and most powerful in human history, being actually a textbook example in economics courses. Many other historical monopolies were only local.
It's also a well known fact that Bill Gates invested in Apple in 1997 and ported MS Office to Mac OS to keep their main competitor (that was also largely irrelevant in 1997) from dying. Bill Gates is one hell of a strategist and this happened before the anti-trust case being brought against them. Bill Gates foresaw that with Apple dead, they'd be in one hell of a rough spot.
Don't weasel your way out of a broken definition by hiding yourself behind phrases such as "legally speaking". In the making of those laws the legislators do have good input from economics researchers. Sometimes laws are inaccurate, but they sure as hell beat an individual's personal feelings.
It's also a well known fact that Bill Gates invested in Apple in 1997 and ported MS Office to Mac OS to keep their main competitor (that was also largely irrelevant in 1997) from dying. Bill Gates is one hell of a strategist and this happened before the anti-trust case being brought against them. Bill Gates foresaw that with Apple dead, they'd be in one hell of a rough spot.
Don't weasel your way out of a broken definition by hiding yourself behind phrases such as "legally speaking". In the making of those laws the legislators do have good input from economics researchers. Sometimes laws are inaccurate, but they sure as hell beat an individual's personal feelings.