tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post7320573815545347243..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: That Question Rises Its Head AgainSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-47196545431475072032017-07-05T14:40:40.092-04:002017-07-05T14:40:40.092-04:00Is this Bill Gates? Under your pseudo-libertarian...Is this Bill Gates? Under your pseudo-libertarian view, it would be perfectly legal to have the One Corporation running all business in the United States as long as the One Corporation is not legislatively decreed as a monopoly.<br /><br />I will disagree with you and say you do not have to have a legislative declaration to be a monopoly. You can be a monopoly by having enough force in the market place to prevent new entrants from competing by distorting the market. They Law recognizes this as a condition of monopoly.<br /><br />For instance, Microsoft did this through their OEM discounting; if you tried to offer other operating systems on PC hardware your company manufactured, your company would have to pay the 2, 3 or 4 time higher suggested retail price for Microsoft. <br /><br />And both of these companies you mention have government granted monopolies through patents and copyrights. It is being proven more and more in the SCOTUS that many software patents were mis-awarded as they did not meet the uniqueness for patentability.<br /><br />BillBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593147581583316765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35767503936434391552017-07-04T11:35:43.207-04:002017-07-04T11:35:43.207-04:00There is a problem where most of these mega billio...There is a problem where most of these mega billionaires use their money TAX FREE to do harm. Why we allow them to give billions to questionable "tax free" entities I do not know. I think it is past time that we end the tax exemption for "charitable" giving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-67808246072827520702017-07-03T12:53:06.530-04:002017-07-03T12:53:06.530-04:00You gotta start somewhere no matter how small ... ...You gotta start somewhere no matter how small ... move off their platform to another for starters. I'm off their search, their browser, their email and most of their stuff and yes, it takes some fortitude to adjust but it can be done. Good on you! Happy 4th! Freedom ... don't take it for granted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55505391193939315282017-07-03T03:58:46.308-04:002017-07-03T03:58:46.308-04:00A monopoly is when a legislature declares that onl...A monopoly is when a legislature declares that only organization so-and-so may supply a product or service. Landline telephones, cell phones, television, radio, letter mail, firefighters, city water, city sewer, garbage pickup, road building, these are monopolies. You are not permitted to compete with them; you are obligated to pay for them. Courts, judges, police, courts, judges, and armies are monopolies. Government as a whole is a monopoly. However, Microsoft and Google have not been declared legally privileged by a legislature, and they are not monopolies. You could write a new desktop operating system or offer a new search service tomorrow, and the police wouldn't stop you.<br /><br />In my opinion, leaving a google service that is working for you would hurt you a lot more than it would hurt them. Similarly for living outside the USA or giving up your USA citizenship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-4263743519422881652017-07-02T22:29:01.462-04:002017-07-02T22:29:01.462-04:00I've pondered the same thing. Truth is, thoug...I've pondered the same thing. Truth is, though, Google is effectively a monopoly; no other company provides the same level of service. I hate them feeding the anti-gun monsters, but what to do?Backwoods Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666984602233967254noreply@blogger.com