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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (29925)	5/13/2009 4:47:38 AM
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Depends on how you describe "fittest", doesn't it? Are incumbents suitable candidates for digital dominance? Analysis of success in the digital domain can't be abstracted away from the business environment in which it operates. By some definitions, P2P and Skype could almost be described as anti-capitalist, anti-corporate and parasitic. Are they successful, according to the dictates of Digital Darwinism? --- US plans new antitrust effort [Snip] "The new rules mark a return to the antitrust policies of the Clinton administration, which brought a major action against Microsoft Corp. These days, similar questions are being asked about the market dominance of Google. The Justice Department is reviewing a proposed legal settlement with authors and publishers that would expand Google's digital library of books, after some librarians and consumer activists complained that the proposed settlement will give Google a digital monopoly on millions of books. Asked about Google, Varney insisted her remarks were not aimed at any particular company or industry, but wanted all companies to get the message." finance.yahoo.com Jim