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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Oct 2001 05:38:12 GMT
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<No greeting on request of Larry ;-), and to not err in the name ;-)=)>
> If you had a choice are you going to use the road that cares or the one that
> doesn't?
Well, my response to this idea may apply less to the US than to Europe: We
don't have enough space to build a CHOICE of roads to every destination. So,
what remains of my point probably is threefold:
- There is some truth to the idea that each monopoly creates a
less-than-optimum product
- The question whether the monopoly is state-owned or privately
held does not make much of a difference
- There are certain products (not too many of them, actually) that
require a monopoly. Reasons for this could be: Resource limitations,
equality of rights, and unability to make profits from something
that is considered socially important
Can you agree to these? My guess is I ordered them in decreasing larryness
;-)
:wq
Horst
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| (...) You may not have space for a choice of roads, but people can chose where to live and work (or should be free to - free marketting the road system won't help if other parts of the economy are not free markets). (...) Probably true, though not (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) But this is, in fact, false, in just about every case, except for the last mile on each end. Roads form a mesh and while there may not be space to build two parallel roads which are exactly equivalent in distance, that is not necessary. It is (...) (23 years ago, 10-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You don't have to say hello each time, especially when you're saying hello to someone else than the post author. :-) (I wrote this one) (...) If you had a choice are you going to use the road that cares or the one that doesn't? You forget the (...) (23 years ago, 8-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.loc.pt)
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