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Monopolies

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From: alicewolit
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1981 15:01
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The following is reputed to come from a recent
letter to the editor of the National Observer:

There are in the country two very large monopolies.  The larger of the
two has the following record: The Vietnam War, Watergate, double-digit
inflation, fuel and energy shortages, bankrupt airlines and the 18-cent
postcard.  The second is responsible for such things as the transistor,
the solar cell, lasers, synthetic crystals, high fidelity stereo
recording, sound motion pictures, radio astronomy, negative feedback,
magnetic tape, magnetic "bubbles," electronic switching systems,
microwave radio and TV relay systems, information theory, the first
electrical digital computer, and the first communications satellite.
Guess which one is now going to tell the other how to run the telephone
business? I can hardly wait for the results.
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Subject: Monopolies
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1981 15:01:13 +0000
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