RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
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From: Matthew James Gering <mgering@ecosystems.net> Subject: RE: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 15:15:18 -0700
Show me an example of an unregulated coercive monopoly whose source of monopoly power is not ultimately the government.
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church. ____________________________________________________________________ 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 --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
Show me an example of an unregulated coercive monopoly whose source of monopoly power is not ultimately the government.
At 05:35 PM 10/1/98 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church
In america the various mafias get plently of competition, mostly by means short of actual warfare. Coke is a free market except for police intervention, and the local church is most certainly not a monopoly. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG oGREc6gOTKaJiYcMP+JEyW9SUvzFpjz79BkXyfAM 4f+hqTPS/vPcpcTNefkMrftiYGG7rMXSAonNu7im6 ----------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ James A. Donald
Show me an example of an unregulated coercive monopoly whose source of monopoly power is not ultimately the government.
The Mafia. The handful of world-class coke dealers. Your local church.
Umm... both of those are around because the governemtn made the cost of delivering both alcohol and drugs prohibitively high, in terms of legal punishments and in terms of sheer distribution costs. Legal drugs, or even lightly regulated drugs would spur competition, and probably reduce the number of poo quality drug batches that make it out into the market. When your reputation to a bunch of addicts can disappear *and* competition exists, you can lose a lot of business real quickly. Production costs are fairly low on these products, the real costs is in distribution and defense. Thsi is *clearly* a government induced monopoly. Ryan Anderson PGP fp: 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9
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