[Info-vax] Vax Station 4000 VLC

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <q03cff$vlf$1 at dont-email.me>, Simon Clubley
<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes: 

> On 2018-12-27, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) <helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de> wrote:
> > In article <q00abf$1lb$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=
> ><arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 
> >
> >> At some location at some time it was a legal requirement to give users
> >> the choice of browser.
> >
> > I never understood that.  If you don't like the lack of choice, don't 
> > buy it.
> 
> The rules are different when you are a monopoly.

I realize that that was the justification.  But why was it a monopoly in
the first place?  By forcing the choice of browser, the courts
strengthened its monopoly---after all, if no monopoly, no need for 
choice.