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To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (17953)	3/6/1998 6:17:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Respond to of 24154

Right, Reggie, "the reality of technolocy economics." Like, the necessity of a proprietary lock aka monopolistic death grip in business. Funny how Brian Arthur's network externalities stuff always gets turned around into something that somehow argues for Microsoft world dominance, that's not exactly what Arthur says himself, but what could he know? Cheers, Dan.

To: Reginald Middleton who wrote (17953)	3/6/1998 7:05:00 PM
From: Thure Meyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

So what are you saying exactly. That every market needs a monopoly otherwise it won't work properly. Like, one kind of car, one kind of TV, one kind of everything. That would surely give deviation=0 from the expected return. It would also flatten any dynamics in the system and be a very, very boring world. Luckily the real world doesn't function that way at all otherwise innovation would grind down to a standstill. However your scenario is a very interesting take on capitalism and would fit in very well into a planned economy. The marketplace usually establishes rules and standards so that competition can go on and new levels achieved. It is usually through the combined and synergistic action of many industries that progress is made. The PC industry is no exception. Remember the "bus" wars; ISA, EISA, MicroChannel, PCI, different pinouts for different chips and so on. What we need is for Microsoft to adhere to some industry norms (hell they can write them as long as they comply themselves) and live within the rules as they are set forth by the law. Thure