Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Sorry to be pedantic, but I think it's an important point that no court >> ever found that Microsoft illegally acquired a monopoly. So to characterize >> the monopoly itself as "illegal" is simply erroneous. > > Who is paying you to tell these ridiculous crap? The monopoly is illegal > if maintained by anticompetitive means regardless of how it was acquired. > From http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/msdoj/conclusions-l.html: > > Section 2 of the Sherman Act declares that it is unlawful for a person > or firm to "monopolize . . . any part of the trade or commerce among > the several States, or with foreign nations . . . ." 15 U.S.C. ยง 2. > This language operates to limit the means by which a firm may lawfully > either acquire or perpetuate monopoly power. Specifically, a firm > violates sec. 2 if it attains or preserves monopoly power through > anticompetitive acts. > > The threshold element of a sec 2 monopolization offense being "the > possession of monopoly power in the relevant market... Which means that the successful exercise of monopoly power is sufficient to demonstrate the existence of a monopoly. A claim that David Schwartz has never bothered to answer. > David Schwartz, I have a direct question for you: are you on > Microsoft's payroll? I've noticed something strange that makes me wonder the same thing. Everytime someone compares MS's behavior with that of any other criminals, he responds about MS's activity being "equated to that of criminals with guns", and refuses to discuss the issue. Ironically, while no one else has so much as compared MS to criminals with guns - after all, they're white collar criminals - David Schwartz called the DOJ official who were investigating MS "criminals with guns pointed out [MS officers] heads". It seems like he's trying to avoid (further) tarnishing MS's reputation by avoiding having MS associated with other criminals. You have to wonder what could caause that kinnd of behavior. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
