Re: Biased journalism, or let's try to ask Declan some questions he can sink his teeth into

[Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>]

Yes. Antitrust enforcement has a history of being protectionist too.

-Declan

On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Eric M. Bennett wrote:
> I think it is interesting in this light to consider Boeing and McDonnell
> Douglas.  In May, our good friend Slade Gorton (R-Washington) urged Clinton
> to ensure that the merger would get an "impartial" evaulation from U.S.
> authorities after comments were made by E.U. officials that a merger might
> negatively affect competition.  Both Gorton and the E.U. have obvious
> political incentives (protecting another potential monopolist on Gorton's
> home turf vs. keeping a foreign company from biting into sales of Airbus
> Industries).
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> Eric Bennett (http://www.pobox.com/~ericb/), Cornell Biochemistry Department
> 
> Windows 98 is not the first product Microsoft has botched, nor will it be
> the last.  But it is the last straw. . . . Users who do install it do so at
> their own risk, and IS departments are not offering support.
> - Scot Petersen, PC Week Magazine
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