[Info-vax] HP stopping VMS paper documentation ?

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On Dec 5, 7:30 pm, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <jbjja6$o2... at speranza.aioe.org>, glen herrmannsfeldt <g... at ugcs.caltech.edu> writes:
> >Phillip Helbig---undress to reply <hel... at astro.multiclothesvax.de> wrote:
>
> >(snip on socialism)
>
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> >I have known places with competition for garbage services.
>
> There are half a dozen or more private carriers in my town.  I have been
> through 3 in the past year.  Worked down to about $60/quarter to have the
> trash hauled away.
>
> >Water, sewer, and electrical distribution is not very
> >efficient if you allow for multiple companies with competition
> >between them, as the distribution costs dominate.  (Lots of
>
> 3 different electrical co.s here too and 2 cable co.s.
>
> Point is, competition has driven my services down.  However, my taxes, and
> I get nothing for them, keep going up.  Maybe we need competing goverments?

That's why there's anti-trust law. Without it, there'd probably be
only Standard Oil, ADM, AT&T as a monopoly, and a few others I can't
think up offhand. No it's not perfect, and I'm sure you can find
"counter-examples", but we're better off overall because of it.

OK.

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