[Bush2000]

In the Munich case, they used their position as a rich company with deep pockets to offer what was possibly a contract at a loss just to keep competition out.

That's hilarious. Evidently, you're not familiar with IBM's (one of your unsung corporate OSS heroes, by the way) tactics in bidding on contracts...

[antiRepublicrat]

That's hilarious. Evidently, you're not familiar with IBM's (one of your unsung corporate OSS heroes, by the way) tactics in bidding on contracts

I seem to remember IBM being very nasty, then losing big-time to a government monopoly suit. That time the judgement wasn't the kiss-ass settlement that Bush gave them. They definitely learned their lesson.