[171310] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The FCC is planning new net neutrality rules. And they could
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Fri Apr 25 18:47:20 2014
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:47:01 -0500
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <uDQQ1n00o1Una3W01DQRef>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 4/25/2014 8:23 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2014, at 00:57 , Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I just posted a completely empty message for which I apologize.
>>
>>> Larry is confused. He can claim he is not, but posting to NANOG
>>> does not change the facts. Then again, just because I posted to
>>> NANOG doesn't prove I'm right either. Worst of all, this thread
>>> is pretty non-operational now.
>>
>> In a private message I asked if he could name a single monopoly
>> that existed without regulation to protect its monopoly power.
>
> I answered in a private message: Microsoft.
>
> Kinda obvious if you think about it for, oh, say, 12 microseconds.
"OK, so you are a troll.
Microsoft is among the most heavily protected-by-regulation companies I
can think of.
Have you ever seen their patent collection? Can you guess at the size
of their infringement-enforcement staff? Do you have any idea how many
court-room hours are spent each day protecting their monopoly?"
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