Just an observation that although I would have thought that this crowd ( and CmdrTaco in particular) would have been sophisticated enough to note that Microsoft was not found guilty of being a
monopoly. Being a monopoly is LEGAL. Abusing the
power of being a monopoly is what is illegal, and
precisely what microsoft did. The reason this community should fear a monopoly like microsoft is
their desire to crush competitors using illegal monopolistic tatics, not just being a monopoly itself.
In other words, being a monopoly is a necessary but
not sufficient condidition for the violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. You also have to actually abuse the power.
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Just an observation that although I would have thought that this crowd ( and CmdrTaco in particular) would have been sophisticated enough to note that Microsoft was not found guilty of being a monopoly. Being a monopoly is LEGAL. Abusing the power of being a monopoly is what is illegal, and precisely what microsoft did. The reason this community should fear a monopoly like microsoft is their desire to crush competitors using illegal monopolistic tatics, not just being a monopoly itself. In other words, being a monopoly is a necessary but not sufficient condidition for the violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. You also have to actually abuse the power.