> Also, I am in no way siding with M$ (although I like and use several > of their products). While a great advocate of free market (as much as > I am an advocate of OSS), I do not condone monopoly. Monopolies and > cartels go against the very foundations of free market. That is, free > market means that no one vendor or group of vendor can set the market > value of a product, but instead is left to the demand and the supply > to determine it. Monopoly and cartels give the power of choosing the > price to a few individuals and therefore it's against free market.
"Free Market" as in "Laissez Faird Economics" (Adam Smith) actually would not say anything negative about a monopoly. Laissez Faire in essence says that the government should just let the economy handle itself without any intervention... -- Erin Sharmahd [EMAIL PROTECTED] CS Student Unix Users Group PGP Fingerprint: F352 FF41 EA0A 67E4 566B 3B5B E65A D3DC 083E 9336
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