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...wonder whether the writer of "In Defense of the Microsoft Monopoly" can see how his arguments apply to the Microsoft situation (Opinion, Nov. 17). First, his claim that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act targets monopolies which rely on market power rather than market merit is amusing. I would like to ask: Does Microsoft truly possess a monopoly because its products are far and away the top in their field, or is it instead because of the chance licensing of the DOS operating system by IBM for the PC, which led to a massive install base for Windows...
Whoever Harvard coach Frank Sullivan plays on Saturday probably won't matter. Washington and Lee boasts no players of any merit, no big man and no noticeable perimeter game. The Generals are literally playing out of their league. The last time the team played an Ivy League opponent was in 1956-57, when it defeated Columbia...
...groups. I-A schools have large stadium capacity and large attendance; I-AA schools have small stadium capacities or small attendance numbers. While schools like Harvard and Yale both had stadiums capable of holding over tens of thousands of spectators, attendance at their games was low enough to merit a I-AA classification. Yes, thousands will show up for The Game on Saturday, but the rest of the season, attendances have been dismal--for Harvard, an average hovering around...
Seton's proposal to increase student group funding has merit. We are glad that the council is seeking student opinion, but we simply need guarantees that the money will go to student groups and that the council itself will be reformed before we can support the proposal...
...Sherman took great pains to point that out before Congress when debating the issue. Monopolies attained through continued innovation are totally legitimate. The law targets only those extended through predatory pricing, superfluous tie-ins and a handful of other shady practices that rely not on market merit but market power. Such monopolies invariably hurt the consumer, either by raising prices above the market level or destroying competition that could have otherwise flourished...