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To: economaniack who wrote (219906)	12/10/2006 4:09:40 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Economaniack, > In this case "social cost" is simply the total of all costs associated with the production I think I'll stop here and humbly ask that you study more about "natural monopolies" and the real definition of social cost. I'll just leave you with this: The social cost of the Microsoft monopoly is obvious. Viruses, security holes, a stranglehold on software standards that retards progress, etc. That easily dwarfs the typical R&D costs of an operating system or a suite of office applications. Just because Microsoft spends billions on it doesn't mean it has to be true. Tenchusatsu