janardanyri

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   by janardanyri 15y ago

   As tlogan's response notes, the distinction to draw in judging 100CE-era commentary is not between Europe in 100CE and now, but rather between Europe in 100CE and the ensuing decades and centuries, which demonstrated that the naysayers of 1
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   by janardanyri 15y ago

   Another relevant point: antitrust oversight of Microsoft started in 1998 and ended 12 May 2011, and Microsoft clearly doesn't have a monopoly in PCs anymore. Imagine a world in which Apple was taken to court for including Mobile Safari on t
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   by janardanyri 15y ago

   As both your link and the broader scope of European history indicate, Roman society of 100 CE was in fact in the midst of a many-generations-long decline into irrelevance, so this is perhaps an unintentionally apt citation.
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   by janardanyri 15y ago

   Who said it was about legality? Substitute "decency" for privacy if you prefer, the point is essentially the same.