CompuServe Messages

I think the Sherman and Clayton acts were set up to prevent and "end"; that end being a monopoly which harms U.S. interests (that last part is integral!) "Dumping" is only a means to that end. Any organization that is devised to prevent competition (American competition, that is) can be construed as possibly violating the "spirit" of the anti-trust acts. Fortune magazine (July 15) has a good article on the differences between Japanese and American attitudes toward the subject. The article is entitled "Why Japan Keeps on Winning" and is insightful into the Japanese way of doing business. American' s would (do and have) scream loudly if U.S. big business tried to do business the Japanese "keiretsu" way. Still, CBM has a few options. Fighting is one, but they would eventually lose. IBM and Apple just command too darn much power for CBM to fight on its own. If they joined forces with Sun (who is threatened by the joint actions) and possibly Fujitsu (the second largest computer maker in the world after IBM) who would feel the heat, then you'd be talking business! CBM just doesn't have the capital to handle the legal maneuvering that IBM and Apple would sure as shootin' start. Oh, well. There are other options…