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>>They no longer can use one monopoly to create another. I tried to write that in the paragraph starting with: "Could the problem be a lack of a monopoly lever
by berntb 16y ago
>>They no longer can use one monopoly to create another.
I tried to write that in the paragraph starting with: "Could the problem be a lack of a monopoly leverage?". :-)
>>That's what landed them in trouble in the US and in the EU.
I wonder if that is the reason. They kept ignoring the monopoly laws and paid fines ten years later, when they courts had managed to get to the (then ancient) transgression.
>>I would suspect they rely too much on focus groups to drive product development.
Hmm.. a point which seems to fit well.
- rbanffy 16y agoYes. You pretty much nailed it. I believe top management really wants to completely ignore the law and employ every subcriminal tactic available in the books and, perhaps, write a couple new ones in the process. I also believe they don't have the guts this would take, as they believe that their past transgressions brought attention enough for someone to end in jail. That and the lack of balls to design products no focus group wants, but build them because you know people will want them once they see them.