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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly?
MSFT 480.82+0.6%Dec 4 3:59 PM EST
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To: M31 who wrote (8155)5/29/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: Carlos Blanco  Read Replies (2) of 74651
 
Are consumers really free to "annoint" microsoft? Or are they just being herded like so many sheep while microsoft buys out and "cuts off the air supply" of upstarts and competitors?

You should ask the consumers. Even if they were to act like sheep (which I don't think they do), they would certainly have a right to do so, no? Are you also anxious to introduce regulation on the fast-food industry because most people are "sheep-ish" enough to eat burgers instead of filet mignon, or onto the record industry because "sheep-ish" consumers like to listen to Madonna instead of Mozart?

You seem to think that you are wiser than the average person. Presumably you're not a "sheep" and know what's really better for us all, and you can predict that having Sun or Netscape take or maintain marketshare from Microsoft will result in a "better" marketplace. And you would like to have the government impose regulation in order to support your opinion.

I make no such claims of clairvoyance or wisdom. In fact I make exact opposite claim: that neither I nor anyone can predict the future or make a ruling wrt. one product being "better" than another for all consumers, and that consumers and producers should be left unregulated to decide for themselves with their dollars and their products.

And yes, such a marketplace process does encourage competition between producers. This includes talking about putting your competition out of business and metaphors regarding air supplies.

--Carlos
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