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Re: Gotta love Oracle...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 18:48:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Low writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > MS is not a monopoly.
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> > 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.
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> 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?
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 efficiency and product superiority. Those are good for the consumer.
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.
Why not? Are you saying it's not techically possible to do this (I don't
think it currently is, actually) or that it would be bad to do if it were? I
assume the latter and again, why not? I see nothing wrong with enhancing my
enjoyment of Stouffers if it's possible.
"Things go better with Coke" after all.
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| (...) I would contend that it _is_ a barrier to entry. No other application producer has the same access to the OS. The efficiency accrues from interactions between the OS and application packages, as much as from any inherent superiority in the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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