12/20 Sorry if this is old, but I nearly pissed myself laughing:
~john/wine.txt -John
\_ http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~tom/games.html
\_ Speaking of Walmart, I just spoke with a friend from the UK, and
he mentioned that Walmart is now decimating the retail grocery
and department store chains in England. Walmart purchased
the chain store ASDA, and has found a loophole in British zoning
law which allows them to build mezzanine levels into ASDA stores
to expand into the markets of other surrounding businesses.
\_ Germany too. Of course then, most German supermarkets
currently suck and could use a kick in the ass. -John
\_ what is wrong with Walmart? it's not even close to being a
microsoft in the retail industry.
\_ ???? Hello?
\_ Don't be fooled by the rhetoric. Walmart's total
control is only 3-4% of retail sales in America. That's
a far cry from MS's 98% of all desktops. Of the two, MS
is still by far the more perilous monopoly.
\_ having said that, I would say thi is the flaw of
our current anti-trust law. Our current antitrust
law looks over total market share, ignoring the
phenomena of regional monopoly. Thus, Walmart and
the baby Bells in telecom welds a lot more power,
essentially stifle any competition in a particular
geographical area, than the overall market share
reflects. |
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