[Am-info] Legal monopoly?

[Erick Andrews]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:27:08 -0400, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

>to "...combine and conspire with any other person or persons,
>to monopolize any part of the trade..."
>
>Hmmm.  I remember Lou Gerstner announcing that "OS/2 was only for IBM's 'top 2000'
>customers."  That was right around the time they were wheeling and dealing the Win
>95 license for IBM.  And at that time, OS/2 was the nearest thing to a
>"competitor" Windows had.
>
>That sounds a whole lot like agreeing to "split the market" to me.  In truth, IBM
>killed OS/2 entirely, not just for the "top 2000."  That announcement effectively
>removed OS/2 from the market.  I know I was devasted and have yet to recover.
>
>I bet dollars to donuts that Gerstner *conspired* with Microsoft to give Gates his
>monopoly.  What Sir Lou got in return remains unknown for now.
>

Doesn't "...split the market...*conspired*..." equate to restraint of trade?

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Erick Andrews