[ILUG] Amazon

[Owen J Connolly]

Twomey_Mark at emc.com wrote:

>         Market bloodbaths are what we should strive for, when companies
> attempt to kill each other in the market place the beneficiary is the
> consumer.
>         It's the nice cartels in business who play fair with each other
> we should avoid.

First off.... COMPETITION IS WONDERFUL!!!

Secondly... CARTELS ARE BAD!!!

We're agreed then?? ;-)

But, the problem here is that Amazon are trying to eliminate competition...
Thereby gaining a monopoly.

This has a lot in common with Microsoft's unwritten policy of wiping out
companies that were producing similar products to them. Was that a good
thing for the industry??

Although it makes me wonder... Could Lotus post-patent the concept of a
spreadsheet??  That would be fun!!! ;-)

Just my 0.02 Euro....