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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:38:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:

MS is not a monopoly.

It has competitors, and effective ones at that. MS is dominant in certain
market segments but since there are few or no barriers to entry other than
MS competence at making good product, the net result of MS dominance (not
monopoly) is that we pay less for OS and app than we would without them.

What about the integration between OS and applications? Different market
segments right? So why should one corporation be able to leverage its
products in one segment as a direct consequence of its dominance in another
segment? Cf Nestlé. No doubt the TV dinner division benefits from the
business experience/influence of the coffee division, and for all I know
there may even be production synergies. But ( I hope) Nestlé can't produce
coffee that tastes better after one of their TV dinners, and worse after
anyone elses.

--DaveL



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(...) Why not? This assertion has been made in this and other antitrust trials but has not been justified. I see nothing wrong with it. It benefits everyone to get more efficient products. There are no barriers to entry, so dominance is due to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) MS is not a monopoly. It has competitors, and effective ones at that. MS is dominant in certain market segments but since there are few or no barriers to entry other than MS competence at making good product, the net result of MS dominance (...) (23 years ago, 13-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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