[2108] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Allocation of IP Addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Mar 15 00:48:13 1996
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
cc: "'NANOG List'" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 14 Mar 1996 22:11:53 EST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:40:24 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Barry Shein writes:
> From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
> >Monopolies are a chimera, a myth. Almost all monopolies that last for
> >more than a couple of years have been the result of government
> >regulation preventing market entry -- AT&T being a shining
> >example.
>
> It is disingenuous to claim that monopolies are a myth merely because
> they haven't existed in recent history.
I'm arguing that they haven't ever really existed, except with
government intervention to create them.
Pick a point where you claim they have existed and an example or two
of a lasting monopoly and we can talk.
> Would you claim there have been no anti-monopoly or anti-trust actions
> ever (successfully) prosecuted under Taft-Hartley?
Would you claim that there have never been successful prosecutions for
witchcraft?
Perry
