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From: gld@CUNIXD.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Gary L Dare)
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Subject: Re: TRON (a little long)
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Date: 16 Jun 89 18:40:55 GMT
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In article <4567@ficc.uu.net> Peter da Silva wrote:
>In article <382@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>, James D Mooney writes:
>
>> 3.  Only single-company de facto standards (like IBM) are practical.
>>     Companies won't cooperate.
>
>This is a good point. Not only don't companies tend to co-operate, but
>in the US there are laws that restrict companies from co-operating.

What is interesting is that US companies aren't piping this work into
their European and Canadian arms, since cooperation can take place
there.  That should side-step the American monopoly restrictions.  We
have a "Combines Act" in Canada, but that only pertains to activity in
the market; research is exempt.

However, the over-riding unwillingness to cooperate in the home office
is probably a large reason why the Allied advantage is not being taken
advantage of.

gld
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