Re: Changed to: Interactive Tax

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

True ... I guess it comes down to scope.

Yes, IBM has a monopoly on their proprietary 5250 data stream.

No, they do not have a monopoly on application/database hosting because you
use their proprietary 5250.

I was looking at market scope whereas others were looking at application
scope.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <thomas@inorbit.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 11:46 PM
Subject: Re: Changed to: Interactive Tax


> On Mon, 31 December 2001, "Adam Lang" wrote:
>
> > PROPRIETRY! NOT MONOPOLY!
>
> Note that "proprietary" generally implies "monopoly", although not
necessarily "illegal monopoly". Most monopolies are legal.
>
> Tom Liotta
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