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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (20075)6/17/1998 3:33:00 AM
From: Charles Hughes  Read Replies (1) of 24154
 
>>>I agree with you that DOJ's theory is inconsistent with trying to
break up the Microsoft monopoly; indeed, as I said before, I
think the DOJ complaint alleges facts which, if true, would tend
to prove that Microsoft is a natural monopoly.<<<

Gerry, you have mentioned this 'natural monopoly' concept before. Would you elucidate why you think the naturalness of a monopoly has anything to do with being more lenient (or the reverse) toward it.

For instance, the natural human organizational method may well be the one man dictatorship reinforced by a priesthood. After all, H. Sapiens may have been on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years, and such a system would explain the apparent lack of progress until the last few thousand years, the last few millenia having been something of a fluke. The 'naturalness' of rule by force, acting through our herd instincts, can hardly be debated, but I would think we should do everything possible to preserve our democracy in the face of our baser nature.

Thus so with diverse competition and an active multivendor marketplace.

Have I read you correctly? And need the DOJ be constrained by this concept of 'natural monopoly'?

Chaz
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