Microsoft and Anti-Trust

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Doug wrote:
>I don't what to think about this MS thing. I don't share the populists'
>uncritical admiration of competition, and I'm pretty persuaded (without
>having delved too deeply into it) by arguments that tech markets tend
>towards monopoly as a way of imposing common standards. (And I say this as
>a loyal Macintosh user.)

Isn't it the case that tech markets tend towards monopoly _by_ (not as a
way of) 'imposing common standards' (which may or may not be superior to
actual or possible alternatives offered by private sector competitors or
public-sector researchers)?

Yoshie (another loyal Mac user)