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To: M31 who wrote (8152)	5/29/1998 12:50:00 PM
From: Carlos Blanco	Read Replies (3) of 74651

If you really prefer a free market as you say you do, then you should welcome the DOJ and the states' lawsuit, because a free market (as opposed to a microsoft market) is exactly what they're trying to preserve. Hmmm. So regulations help to make a market free-er? More companies help to make a market free-er? Interesting logic. You see, the definition of freedom in a market includes the freedom for consumers to anoint some company with 100% market share. The definition of freedom in a market does not require that multiple companies thrive or survive as the producers of any given product. A free market is a market without regulation, period. What kind of psychic powers are you using to determine that a market where multiple companies have proportional market share or where the consumer is faced with multiple options is better for consumers than a market where there is a single dominant supplier? Do you think it is beneficial for consumers to go through Beta vs. VHS, K56 vs. x2, multiple ADSL implementations, IE HTML vs. Navigator HTML, or any other such divergent situation? Do you think it isn't beneficial for someone to sit down at 90% of the computers in the world and immediately be in front of an environent that they know how to use with applications that they are familiar with? Once we use the right terminology your phrase sounds much more interesting: a multiple-vendor* market (as opposed to a microsoft market) is exactly what they're trying to preserve* Thus we see the real agenda: to guarantee the welfare of companies that compete with Microsoft. No benefit for consumers, just benefits for certain companies. --Carlos

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