Definition: Having dominant market share does not necessarily define a company
as a monopoloy. The government looks at monopolistic tendencies to gain market
share or or maintain it.
DJA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Todd Walton wrote:
> On 12/30/05, DJA wrote:
>
>>Read this and decide if Microsoft is still a monopoly
>
>
> I wish people would use a more accurate word than "monopoly".
> Microsoft is not a monopoly.
>
> -todd
Semantically, you're right in the usage you use above. What word would
you use, given that a Federal Court's finding of fact that Microsoft is
an effective monopoly in its market? One does not need a 100% market
share to have a monopoly in that market.
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