From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Aug 9 10:41: 5 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB2B937B401 for ; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 10:41:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97] helo=dogma) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #6) id 15Utno-000DWf-00; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 18:41:00 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma (8.11.4/8.11.1) id f79Hf0x93635; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 18:41:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 18:41:00 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: "Gary W. Swearingen" Cc: Joseph Scott , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why anti-trust law? Message-ID: <20010809184100.A93453@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from swear@aa.net on Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:24:22AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:24:22AM -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: | Joseph Scott writes: | ... | > If | > you reach a point where you have dominance (read: monopoly) in an area, | > then a couple of things kick in that have some do with economics and a lot | > to do with culture. | ... | > One of those areas is the | > condition of where a company has reached a monopoly in the market. | | IIRC, the Feds claim to permit monopoly power, but take action when they | determine that it has been used past some threshold level of detriment | to the Public Good, usually having to do with competition and the free | enterpise of other dealers in the market. One of the claims made was that the government actually helped create the AT&T monopoly, and that the USPS is also a monopoly. I think the second is a poor example, but the first would merit some investigation. jm -- "Investigators have discovered the cause of the TWA 800 explosion was a frayed wire. The wire became frayed when it was struck by a missile." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message