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Default 04-26-2006, 07:32 PM

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does anyone scroll up to see all the subsidiaries i listed?
that doesnt make them a monopoly - just a powerful company with deep fucking pockets. . .their company profile probably looks similar to Warners, NBC-Universals, and DEFNITELY NEWS CORP (Fox). . .

Just admit your error and move on man. . .
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 08:47 PM

isn't a monoply like if a mcdonalds owned a napkin making factory and a slaughterhouse and a ketchup factory?
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 08:48 PM

no its when a company has an unfair advantage over other companies in a way of making money
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 08:56 PM

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viacom..what the hell are they going to do with xfire?
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 09:01 PM

[quote="Jimmy Paterson":f1691]isn't a monoply like if a mcdonalds owned a napkin making factory and a slaughterhouse and a ketchup factory?[/quote:f1691]

that's vertical integration if I remember my high school ECON class.
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 10:13 PM

A monopoly is when one enterprise runs the entire economy in that sector..windows is probably the best example.
  
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Default 04-26-2006, 10:29 PM

xfire is the gayest shit. no matter how many times I resintall that POS, I can never see my text as I type.

Maybe they can fix it for me?
  
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Default 04-27-2006, 01:33 AM

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A monopoly is when one enterprise runs the entire economy in that sector..windows is probably the best example.
Linux, Lindows(lasted all of 3 weeks) and other OS's are around.
  
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Default 04-27-2006, 06:41 AM

[quote="Jimmy Paterson":7f75c]isn't a monoply like if a mcdonalds owned a napkin making factory and a slaughterhouse and a ketchup factory?[/quote:7f75c]

dont forget the potato farms for thems fries.
  
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