Hi, I left one out... Forwarded message:
From: Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> Subject: Free-market monopolization features... Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 21:35:16 -0600 (CST)
An unregulated (free-market) economy will inherently monopolize when, but not necessarily only if, the following are present:
- initialy prices for services will be low to promote purchasing but as providers obtain larger market shares their prices will increase over time and out of step with inflation and other market forces in order to widen the profit gap. The strategy is one of 'use it or starve'. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | The most powerful passion in life is not love or hate, | | but the desire to edit somebody elses words. | | | | Sign in Ed Barsis' office | | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http://www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|