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To: Ron who wrote (402350)	3/11/2019 2:51:52 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542838

Ok - let's get serious. I didn't say being political is a problem. I said pushing dumb policies reduced to soundbites in pursuit of a political career is a problem. IF she was smart, she would have simply stated the problems as she sees them without naming names or proposing policies and simply would claim to address them when she comes to power. But she didn't. Lack of political savvy, of which she has demonstrated many examples, is a disqualifying trait. >> I don't believe you answered my question about the last major government anti-trust enforcement action which was against Microsoft. Good thing or not? Not only it was a good thing, it came about way too late. Happy? But that decision had nothing to do with how much money MS made and everything to do with their monopoly on the OS and Office and how they leveraged that monopoly to destroy startups. Where is the parallel here? >> How do you know what I think? You think simply sharing a news article about a candidate's policy positions show a bias? A fair point. Touché! . So now that I have answered your question - perhaps you could do the same for me. There were two questions in my post: (1) Why is it a good idea to draw an arbitrary line based on revenue alone and ignore whether or not there is a monopoly power in the various components of that revenue stream? (2) When there is a need for a large and robust global infrastructure, how will that need be met if we force the companies to remain small? Shouldn't their expenses and needs be equally weighted as their revenue? Both of these nuances are missing from Warren's soundbites.