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Re: constitutional discussion (was:Re: Gun debate (was Re: New Web Page
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Sat, 5 Jun 1999 16:59:12 GMT
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On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:47:24 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
Bliss) wrote:

<governments>

> But then there's no competition, so they don't have any incentive to
> increase value.

Sure there is. There is just as much competition between governments
as between companies.

There's over 200 countries on this globe. Contrast _that_ to less than
100 serious suppliers of computer OSes (arguably it's much less than
that, but let's not get into that.)

Jasper



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X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 (...) But then there's no competition, so they don't have any incentive to increase value. Steve (27 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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