Paul Rubin wrote: > "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> So, your observations about Burger King are irrelevant to Microsoft. >> Because the error I'm correcting is the belief that Microsoft's >> conduct was extremely unusual (unlike anything any reputable company >> had ever done, essentially). > MS's monopolistic conduct was uncommon, but not so extremely unusual > as to be unheard of. Congress had indeed seen conduct like that > before, which is why it saw the need for passing laws against it. But there is no law against that type of conduct, *unless* you are a monopolist. So your conclusion hinges on the determination that Microsoft had a monopoly, and that hinges on the definition of the "market". That's a different can of worms for a different part of this thread. DS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list