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To: fingolfen who wrote (172561)	1/21/2003 1:10:30 PM
From: tcmay	Respond to of 186894

"It's not illegal to drive the competition out of a market by executing well and providing a product that meets the needs of the majority of consumers." Just so. It is neither a violation of the Sherman Act nor the Clayton Act, nor of any other well-codified statutes, to succeed where others have failed. When Data General and then DEC failed in the minicomputer business as Sun, Apollo, and similar workstations took over, there was no recourse to have Big Brother in Washington stop the process of competition. Ditto for the problems seen by hundreds of other competitors who failed. Those who don't wish to buy Intel processors are perfectly free to buy them from Motorola, IBM, Via, TSMC, TMTA, etc. The Power4/970 line from IBM looks especially nice as an alternative to Intel. Sounds fair to me. Schumpeter's process of creative destructionism. Of course, the same human trends that caused Scott McSqueally to go running to the courts to try to stop _his_ company from being competed against (in exactly the same way he defeated DG and DEC) will be evident, with a line of bankrupted chip makers squealing to Congress that Big Brother needs to invoke the Anti-Dog-Eat-Dog Act to protect them against Intel. "The Ant and the Grasshopper" is more timely than ever. --Tim May

To: fingolfen who wrote (172561)	1/22/2003 12:38:12 PM
From: The Duke of URL©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

paving the way for Intel wireless: UK relaxes 802.11a regs By Tim Richardson Posted: 21/01/2003 at 17:08 GMT The UK Government is to open up part of the radio spectrum in a bid to encourage operators to deliver new broadband services. The deregulation means that telecoms operators will be able to offer commercial broadband services through public networks without the need for a Wireless Telegraphy Act licence. As a result, commercial network operators and other public and private users will be able to set up Radio Local Area Networks (RLANs) to operate 802.11a services in parts of the 5 GHz radio spectrum. The changes will come into effect on 12 February. If this relaxation of the rules is taken up then more "wireless hotspots" could spring up in hotels, airports, cafes and schools enabling people to access the Net using wireless broadband. ... theregister.co.uk