Don,
Because I'm really not well-versed at all in the Gates proceedings, I can't
tell if you are joking again here or not! ;-) Is the problem that he has a
monopoly or that there is something more nefarious in his "ownership" and
control of computer and net operating systems, or both?
I used to hear people say he stuff like he is the antichrist and the most
powerful man in the world, etc., but didn't pay much attention to it (it's
that nerdy look of his that fools me maybe). Is he going to somehow "pull
the plug" on all of us one of these days??
As for monopolies in general, they do seem a little evil on the surface (too
much power in one place), but then again, sometimes when one is broken up,
it doesn't necessarily always create a fair balance of power. Sometimes
smaller monopolies evolve and have an almost extortionate control over
certain regions (the only game in town so they can charge whatever suits
their fancy). We've been experiencing the downside of what first looked
like a good idea (deregulation, reduction of control of power monopolies)
here in California with the so-called "electricity crisis." It seems
sometimes that you stamp one fire out only to have another one erupt right
behind you.
Kakki
> > Gates, it seems like he has been roped up a bit by
> > the Dept. of Justice the
> > past couple of years.
>
> Don't let that fool you for a minute. Nothing the
> Justice Dept. has done, or can do, will undo, change
> or even lessen the fetal dependence of the world
> economy on the Windows operating system. Removing
> InterNet Explorer from the OS bundle is little more
> than tweezing an eyebrow hair or two off the real
> monopoly power they've built out there in Seattle. In
> fact, breaking the company up would have been merely
> another three or four such eyebrows.
>
> Don Rowe
>
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