Would breaking up GIANT CORPS like goggle, MS, fb etc help make America great again

[Bill]

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For capitalism to work, you need competition, so I would say maybe.

[Gonzomin]

We are an oligopoly headed to a monopoly. The future is bright for those on top. The people will pay all the traffic will bear.

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Would breaking up GIANT CORPS like goggle, MS, fb etc help make America great again

What is goggle? Dunce.

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I remember the world of business before Microsoft. It was difficult to communicate and everyone was using different software. Some were using Lotus. Some OfficeCalc. Some used word perfect, while others had numerous other offerings. None of which could be used with the other makers software. It was unproductive. It was expensive.

Along comes Bill Gates and offers something no one else offered and businesses ran to it. It became the Gold standard and after a while, the other companies disappeared. Business never missed them or their competition because prices continued to drop with productivity.

Microsoft is BIG because consumers LIKE what they produce. Facebook is big because the users like what they are getting. No one is preventing anyone else from building something similar.

So what would be accomplished by breaking them up?

[Celticguy]

I remember the world of business before Microsoft. It was difficult to communicate and everyone was using different software. Some were using Lotus. Some OfficeCalc. Some used word perfect, while others had numerous other offerings. None of which could be used with the other makers software. It was unproductive. It was expensive.

Along comes Bill Gates and offers something no one else offered and businesses ran to it. It became the Gold standard and after a while, the other companies disappeared. Business never missed them or their competition because prices continued to drop with productivity.

Microsoft is BIG because consumers LIKE what they produce. Facebook is big because the users like what they are getting. No one is preventing anyone else from building something similar.

So what would be accomplished by breaking them up?

WordPerfect is still around and a favorite in certain industries. Generic is not always the answer.

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WordPerfect is still around and a favorite in certain industries. Generic is not always the answer.

I am sorry, but in my experience, I haven't seen ONE business using it for the last two decades. Perhaps it is still used in some law offices. But in business, hardly at all.

It isn't about Generic; it is about a superior product that you can use to create colorful reports, use a variety of fonts, easy to learn and use, embed spreadsheets in and know that almost everyone, except perhaps you, has it and can read what you are sending them.

[Bobb]

I remember the world of business before Microsoft. It was difficult to communicate and everyone was using different software. Some were using Lotus. Some OfficeCalc. Some used word perfect, while others had numerous other offerings. None of which could be used with the other makers software. It was unproductive. It was expensive.

There's a place to start, cancel all patents, and maybe copyrights, that inhibits competing products from interoperation. The government helps prevent different software from working together.

Microsoft is BIG because consumers LIKE what they produce.

You just argued that Microsoft is BIG because customers need compatible products.

Facebook is big because the users like what they are getting.

With all the complaints I hear about Facebook, it doesn't seem like every Facebook user chooses Facebook because they like it. Indeed, they choose facebook because the networking effect makes all competition irrelevant.

So what would be accomplished by breaking them up?

They'd lose a lot of power to select our next president. While libs are complaining about imaginary Russian interference, neocons (libs who think they're conservatives) are defending the tech giants who interfere greatly in elections and thus the direction of this country.

[Life is Golden]

I am sorry, but in my experience, I haven't seen ONE business using it for the last two decades. Perhaps it is still used in some law offices. But in business, hardly at all.

It isn't about Generic; it is about a superior product that you can use to create colorful reports, use a variety of fonts, easy to learn and use, embed spreadsheets in and know that almost everyone, except perhaps you, has it and can read what you are sending them.

I haven't heard of WordPerfect in ages. In fact, I'd forgotten all about it until I read this.

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There's a place to start, cancel all patents, and maybe copyrights, that inhibits competing products from interoperation. The government helps prevent different software from working together.

That is a profoundly stupid idea. Do I really need to explain why???

You just argued that Microsoft is BIG because customers need compatible products.

WRONG; I argued that the REASON they became big was because they offered something customers wanted and needed to run their businesses.

With all the complaints I hear about Facebook, it doesn't seem like every Facebook user chooses Facebook because they like it. Indeed, they choose facebook because the networking effect makes all competition irrelevant.

So invent your own version and try to steal some of their users away. Who is stopping you?

They'd lose a lot of power to select our next president.

"They" don't choose our Presidents and that is a laughably stupid claim that cannot be supported by any credible data.

While libs are complaining about imaginary Russian interference, neocons (libs who think they're conservatives) are defending the tech giants who interfere greatly in elections and thus the direction of this country.

LINK us up dumb fuck. How do these big companies interfere in our elections. What a preposterously stupid comment.

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I haven't heard of WordPerfect in ages. In fact, I'd forgotten all about it until I read this.

Celticguy says people still use it.

When was the last time someone used Lotus 1-2-3?

[Bobb]

That is a profoundly stupid idea. Do I really need to explain why???

Why is it a stupid idea? You have a mundane intelligence, Greek is gibberish to you, and makes no sense.

So invent your own version and try to steal some of their users away. Who is stopping you?

The issue of interoperation is what's stopping me. Are you not paying attention? I take back saying you have a mundane intelligence. You're stupid.

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Why is it a stupid idea? You have a mundane intelligence, Greek is gibberish to you, and makes no sense.

You don't understand the importance of protecting intellectual property? Seriously?

The issue of interoperation is what's stopping me. Are you not paying attention? I take back saying you have a mundane intelligence. You're stupid.

Interoperation is not a word you dumb fuck. And you call others stupid? I think you are mentally retarded.

[Celticguy]

I am sorry, but in my experience, I haven't seen ONE business using it for the last two decades. Perhaps it is still used in some law offices. But in business, hardly at all.

It isn't about Generic; it is about a superior product that you can use to create colorful reports, use a variety of fonts, easy to learn and use, embed spreadsheets in and know that almost everyone, except perhaps you, has it and can read what you are sending them.

Look into the lawyer biz. It works much better for them much as Apple is a favorite in graphics.

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Look into the lawyer biz. It works much better for them much as Apple is a favorite in graphics.

Apple computers use Microsoft products. I think I stated earlier about legal firms. They are few and far between.