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To: RTev who wrote (8845)	4/30/1999 3:36:00 PM
From: Ron Dior	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 29970

<<What if they wanted to, oh say, buy a single software company that had dominant market share in personal finance management? Hmm. They tried to do that. They even promised to sell their own finance program to a competitor. That's just one tiny part of the broader market for software, but it didn't get past the FTC.>> So with this reasoning, where does one draw the line? When is a monopoly a monopoly? Is it owning the whole software sector? or the whole software finance sector? or how about owning all of the finance software that runs on windows only? or all of the finance software companies beginning with the letters A-M. Where is the line drawn before it becomes ridiculous? I believe that you could have valid points from both sides. RR/ATHM could or could not be considered a monopoly. Ron Dior