irrelevant and irreverent

[Carlo Caballero Carlo.Caballero@xxxxxxxx]

On Tue, 20 Oct 1998, Harry Binswanger wrote:
>
> Microsoft is not a "monopoly" in the proper meaning of that
> term--a market from which competition has been banned by legal
> priviliges granted one or more sellers. The post office is a
> monopoly. The taxi industry in NYC is one--even though there are
> 17,000 cabs: the government prevents entry by threat of jail. I
> don't believe Gates has put anyone in jail--he's merely offered
> his product for sale on his terms. That's his right.
>

So we can't put Gates in jail for marketing yucky software? I guess
civilization has its prices.

Carlo Caballero