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To: Carlos Blanco who wrote (8036)	5/26/1998 7:47:00 PM
From: Hal Rubel	Read Replies (4) of 74651

Monopoly Domination RE"Dominant firms like Microsoft can only remain so if they are truly competitive." Lawrence Kudlow (was chief economist at the Office of Management & Budget during President Ronald Reagan's first term.) Competitive? If it does not have competitors, how competitive is it? What competition does Microsoft permit on Wintel boxes? Just who is the competition? I keep forgetting. HR PS: This article relates in part to J. P. Rockefeller's Standard Oil by claiming that it was a model corporate citizen. None the less, Standard Oil took the big fall. This raises the alarming question: Are good intentions even relevant as a defense when a Monopoly grows beyond a certain size?

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