MLUG: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: You had to know it was coming
[MLUG - DISCUSSION] Re: You had to know it was coming
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> Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 14:40:16 -0800
> From: Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] You had to know it was coming
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> Interesting, the same arguments about Apple not having a monopoly are
> the same arguments made by many others that Microsoft does not have a
> monopoly. Apparently being a monopoly has more to do with how much
> money you have and your perceived power in the market place than it
> does how you market and sell your product.

The legal definition of a monopoly is 70% or more marketshare.  The
difficult part is defining the market; this is where the government
lost its attempt to block the Oracle-PeopleSoft merger.

Edward

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