Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment.

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Exactly 180deg backwards. The government *removed* its protection of the 
monopoly and allowed others to compete. ATT did not have a monopoly 
because they cornered the market. They had a monopoly because the 
government *said* they did and forbid competitors from entering into the 
business.

Remember, a monopoly is against the law and the only way ATT could have 
what they did have was with the permission, regulation and protection of 
the government.

MDC

Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
> 
> 
> The problem with this comparison, is that the gov't broke the
> phone company up. Not competition. I don't see any evidence
> of commercial competition coming close enough to effect the
> same chain of events. Open source has reasons, but no
> commercial competition has a chance.
> 


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