[antiRepublicrat]

I rather think that the fix that MS finds itself in is because exactly because it tried to own a market-- not for the good of the customer-- but for its own good. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Didn't Rockefeller do the Standard Oil monopoly so he could provide cheaper petroleum products to the people?

[IncPen]

Didn't Rockefeller do the Standard Oil monopoly so he could provide cheaper petroleum products to the people?

There's an air of government fixism in the air today as the dems announce plans to nationalize oil.

Always a bad idea to get government into the markets.