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Mark A allegedly said,on my timestamp of 11/06/2004 11:21 PM:
> IBM became a monopoly on the mainframe platform long before Reagan was
> president.
And that "proves" Reagan did not favor IBM because?......
> Their biggest growth period was the 1960's and 1970's when there
> were quite a few Democratic presidents, and when Democrats completely
> controlled the House of Representatives, and usually controlled the Senate.
And for that they copped it. And Reagan removed the restriction, thereby ensuring it REMAINED a monopoly. That's what "favored" means, BTW.
-- Cheers Nuno Souto wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospamReceived on Fri Jun 11 2004 - 08:34:21 CDT