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| DATE | 2002-10-24 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [novalug] Congress Members Oppose GPL -- Tom Davis election
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A monopoly is any artificial restriction on Innovatin and Competeitiove
See Smith, Adam
Or Jefferson, Thomas
On 2002.10.24 18:51 Keith C. wrote:
> > > No, it doesn't. Please go look up the terms, I think this is part of what
> > > is causing a lot of the confusion.
> >
> > Yes
> > It is...
> > It's called a monopoly, and it's the same Monopoly described in Adam Smith
> >
> > Ruben
>
> No.. you're a bit off.
>
> When you describe a monopoly, it is used in refernce to a MARKET where products are bought and
> sold. If you're talking about closed source software, then you're talking about the PRODUCT
> itself. A monopoly, by definition, faces little to no competition. A product, on the other hand,
> can have unlimited number of competing products.
>
> keith
>
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