Re: Off Topic MS nonsense [was: Re: Boycott Microsoft Website]

From: springer@eden.com (David Springer)

Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Gary Stewart (gary@dcs.ed.ac.uk) wrote:

: To be a monopoly (legally) you only have to have a 30% (I know it seems weird,
: but thats law for you) market share. So, bearing this in mind I think we can
: agree that Micro$oft more than qualifies, even going by your figures (which I
: think are a bit suspect)

I have two questions:

1) You're writing from the UK so how would you know what US law defines
   as a monopoly ?

2) Do you have a reference for this 30% claim ?

If that's the law, which I seriously doubt, then a very large number
of industries in the US are monopolies.  There are thousands and
thousands of businesses which specialize in niche markets and have
over 30% of it.

David Springer

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References

Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Off Topic MS nonsense [was: Re: Boycott Microsoft Website]
gary@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Gary Stewart)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Boycott Microsoft Website
Jack Teh <jteh@usthk.ust.hk>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Boycott Microsoft Website
Chris Lomont <clomont@omni.cc.purdue.edu>
Thu, 20 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000
Off Topic MS nonsense [was: Re: Boycott Microsoft Website]
gary@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Gary Stewart)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00:00 +0000