Re: keyboard/mouse programming


"Robert Redelmeier" <redelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Rod Pemberton <do_not_have@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in part:
MS was found to be "guilty" in the US and EU?

US: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft#Appeal
EU:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_antitrust_case#Judgment


Perhaps I'm understanding things differently. A small company with 1/10 of
the US's market share for their product can be engaging in anti-competitive
business practices. Are they a monopolist? If a national corporation
controls 5/10 of the US's market share for their industry, then no... They
can't be a monopolist by definition. So, I see a difference in declaring
that a corporation is engaging in anti-competitive behavior and being a
monopolist.

For MS, I see settlements and judgements restricting or modifying percieved
anti-competitive behavior but nothing declaring them guilty as a monopolist.
If found guilty of being a monopolist, the courts could order them to
terminate all business permanently and dismantle their corporation. In each
case, they only chose to require MS to modify business practices deemed
anti-competitive. And, as economically aware outsiders pointed out in the
articles, the settlements and judgements were fruitless due to changes in
the market conditions.


Rod Pemberton

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