Remember when the dimwitted and venal government lawyers were shrieking about Microsoft's insurmountable dominance, well now they're forced to give away versions of Office 2010 (Office Web Apps) for free because of competition from Google. Of course now the government dimwits are shrieking about Google.
The only truly permanent and destructive monopolies are those that government regulations and laws enshrine. Look at Pharmacists today a pharmacist does nothing but take orders from a computer and count numbers and colors of pills. Yet they have a monopoly on dispensing pharmaceuticals. For doing something a sixth grader could do. Oh, yes and they have to read the instructions printed on the prescription - it's called counseling. They shouldn't exist except that 50 states have enshrined their monopoly in law.
Venal, arrogant and monopolizing legitimate violence, government is (as always) the real threat. And the lawyers who run it are the most dangerous of all.
Hat tip Carpe Diem.
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