On Apr 24, 11:48*am, wrote:
On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:07:59 -0700 (PDT), "





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On Apr 24, 8:43*am, harry wrote:
But the worst of all is monopoly, which is what they all strive for
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Can you name us one monopoly in the USA
or western Europe that is not directly controlled by a govt, ie
utility
*or similar? * I can't think of a single one here in the USA.- Hide quoted text -

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Bill Gates' empire? Springs to mind at once.
Once they get big enough they become unassailable.
But there's a list of them here.http://buylikebuffett.com/finance/3-...-virtual-monop...

Even in the case of Microsoft, it's not a monopoly. * There are other
operating systems, most notably Apple with the MAC OS and Linux.
You can run those on a computer as well. *There are also open
alternatives to the common Microsoft office apps. *I expect
being a free thinking anarchist, you're probably using one or more
of those alternatives.

If you use the DoJ definition of monopoly in US v IBM Microsoft is
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That suit was started by Ramsey Clark in the last days of the Johnson
administration. Nuff said..... Years passed in litigation and
technology
changed the market on it's own.