On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:24:09AM +0100, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: | > This is the Proprietary software model, with artificial, government | > imposed (via copyright laws) monopolies, resulting in customer lock-in | > and price maximization. | | I dont see a monopol, at least no government imposed.
I believe that when Zenaan was saying was the copyright laws /are/ a government-supported monopoly on distributing a particular creative work (in this case, a piece of proprietary software). Cameron.