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To: ToySoldier who wrote (16651)	2/22/1999 10:30:00 AM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Respond to of 74651

Yes you are right - a monopoly is purely based on a company's command of marketshare for a technologies. In MSFT's case, they have a clear majority on the OS for Intel-based Personal Computers. An analogous application of the above definition would lead one to conclude that Apple Computer is a monopoly as well. Do you believe this to be the case, and if not, what is the distinction? I believe (and I could be wrong on this number) that a monopoly is identified as something like 75% of the marketshare. I might even be as high as 85%. Or you might be pulling numbers out of a certain orifice. I defy you to locate any legal finding where it is said "(x)% is a monopoly, but (x-1)% is not" for any value of "x" less than 100.