"Chris Johnson" wrote in message
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Leon wrote:

And yet you probably drive a car with government mandated air bags and
seat
belts and you even probably have a law requiring you to wear the seat
belts.............hummm This really is no different.




Yeah, but there is a difference in that there are competing
manufacturers in the airbag and seatbelt markets. No one
company has a MONOPOLY.

Actually air bags have available since the early 70's and were offered on
select vehicles by the big 3. IIRC one of the big 3 had royalty rights to
the bag. That might explain why it took 20 to 25 years or so before it
became common to see air bags on a wider variety of cars.

The government is the last say as to whether a company is a monopoly. And,
since SawStop has offered the petition with all particulars to the
government, the government will determine if the company would operate as a
monopoly and may or may not grant the petition dependent on its decision. I
feel confident that if the government grants the petition and mandates the
modification, that it felt that particulars would not be preventing
competition to develop alternatives to perform in an equal manner. You can
bet that the saw manufacturers attorneys will be all over this and point out
obvious problems with the petition if there are in any actuality problems
with competition being able to compete. IMHO SawStop is above board in that
it has legally petitioned the government and that the attorneys of possible
or future competitors should be examining this quite closely.