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**XKAgustin** · 09-17-2011, 10:21 PM

I disagree as even a monopoly has its limits. Especially in the form of technology.
You used Microsoft as an example. Certainly they had a monopoly for a time, but now it's clear that Apple is the new king of the mountain due to technological advances and the demand for them. If you think in hindsight, if you had the monopoly on anything such as bell bottom jeans, steam engines, or anything really. Eventually, the monopoly is rendered worthless because the product is no longer wanted or needed, or you flood the market to the point where demand dwindles.

But then MS was the king at the time it was beheaded. Why should Apple fare any better? It too can only achieve the same level as to render it a threat to market forces, at which point, it too will need to be castrated.

You're also assuming that demand would inevitably dwindle. Why so? As in the example above, demand for one vendor's computer over another's is still a demand for computers. And all the while, profit being made. And what of food and other essentials? Demand never wanes.

09-17-2011, 10:21 PM	#17
XKAgustin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	I disagree as even a monopoly has its limits. Especially in the form of technology. You used Microsoft as an example. Certainly they had a monopoly for a time, but now it's clear that Apple is the new king of the mountain due to technological advances and the demand for them. If you think in hindsight, if you had the monopoly on anything such as bell bottom jeans, steam engines, or anything really. Eventually, the monopoly is rendered worthless because the product is no longer wanted or needed, or you flood the market to the point where demand dwindles. But then MS was the king at the time it was beheaded. Why should Apple fare any better? It too can only achieve the same level as to render it a threat to market forces, at which point, it too will need to be castrated. You're also assuming that demand would inevitably dwindle. Why so? As in the example above, demand for one vendor's computer over another's is still a demand for computers. And all the while, profit being made. And what of food and other essentials? Demand never wanes.
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