John Robb's Radio Weblog via Kill Your TV:
One thing that they don't teach you in school is that monopolies are the natural result of free markets left unconstrained. Competitive markets are an aberration caused by constraints place on the market mechanism by an external agent (the Government). If left unconstained, a firm with a profitable monopoloy in one market will quickly use that monopolistic power to take over other markets to create new monopolies. If left alone long enough, a firm could take control of a large segment of the US economy.
Microsoft is on a growth path that will eventually let it take over the computer industry. It has leveraged its monopoly in desktop operating systems to take control of desktop productivity software. Next on the list:
1) Console Game hardware and software.
2) PC hardware and home networking.
3) Small device hardware and software.
4) Web services.
http://jrobb.userland.com/2001/11/03.html
Postado por caio em novembro 3, 2001 4:11 AM