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Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 06:56:06 -0700 From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
Then your argument that free markets lead to monopoly collapses.
No it doesn't.
You cannot have monopoly (in the sense of the power to extract monopoly of profits) except by state intervention as has been proven by experience time and time again.
Examine history with an unbiased eye.
You have been unable to provide any examples of monopolies except those created by state intervention, such as the railaways, and those existent soley in your fevered imagination, such as the garment industry.
Incorrect. I have listed several examples (eg meat-processing in the 1920's) where the resultant involvement of the government came *AFTER* (not before as you claim) there was evidence of wide spread abuse of the consumer and the employee of those producters. ____________________________________________________________________ The seeker is a finder. Ancient Persian Proverb The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------