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To: brushwud who wrote (162882)	6/28/2005 9:07:13 PM
From: dougSF30	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Ah, well, that's not the legal definition, as it would be ridiculous. You don't want the existence of another player with arbitrarily small share to exempt a corporation from antitrust regulations. Legally, a monopoly or "trust" exists when an individual or firm can explicitly force competitors out of business by slashing prices, buying up and hoarding supplies, bribery or intimidation (Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914). Earlier this year, a federal judge ruled that Microsoft has, indeed, engaged in many such practices on the basis of its monopoly power in the computer operating systems market. Discussions between Microsoft, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Attorneys General of several states are ongoing to decide what, if anything, should be done to Microsoft given this ruling.