Antitrust Trailer and Making Money from Rivals' Sales

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2007-07-16 10:35:25 UTC
Modified: 2007-07-16 10:35:25 UTC

I've just noticed that the Antitrust trailer was recently uploaded to YouTube. It's a little off topic, but have a quick look.

This trailer contains some striking resemblances that are possibly deliberate. Also see this full antitrust documentary which isn't the work of fiction or a tale. It happens to talk about Microsoft, but it also talks about tactics where a company collects revenue from sales made by its direct competitor. It happens to be history's lesson and that sad history appears to be repeating itself.

Are (re)oganisational remedies looming? MarketWatch suggests this might be imminent and inevitable due to complexity, not just antitrust concerns.

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Eric Gearhart

2007-10-05 22:56:34

Yes it's been pointed out elsewhere that Antitrust itself and especially the CEO of NERV are direct jabs at Gates/Ballmer & Microsoft. MS will always be paranoid about "a kid in a garage" taking them out of business... or in a more real sense a bunch of Unix/Linux hackers taking them out of business.

I especially liked the "testimony in front of Congress" where they talk about abusive monopolies...

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