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Xref: sserve comp.sys.powerpc:34787 comp.sys.intel:32321 comp.unix.bsd:16263 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:8213 comp.unix.sys5.r4:9351 comp.unix.misc:16204 comp.os.linux.development:23671 comp.os.linux.misc:35814 comp.os.386bsd.development:3254 comp.os.386bsd.misc:5515 comp.os.misc:3842 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!pacbell.com!att-out!undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!alf.uwaterloo.ca!torn!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!news.mathworks.com!uunet!sun001.cpdsc.COM!sun004.cpdsc.COM!sun155.cpdsc.COM!news From: sdenny@sun155.cpdsc.COM (Stephen Denny) Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.sys.intel,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sys5.r4,comp.unix.misc,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.misc Subject: Re: X on dial-in Date: 14 Feb 1995 16:39:39 -0600 Organization: CP DSC Communications, Plano TX Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3hrbfbINN4lo@sun155.cpdsc.COM> References: <3hcbuh$mm5@homesick.cs.unlv.edu> <2875614209@hoult.actrix.gen.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: sun155.cpdsc.com In article <2875614209@hoult.actrix.gen.nz>, Bruce Hoult <Bruce@hoult.actrix.gen.nz> wrote: >It really amuses me when americans -- the supposed champions of >capitalism -- think that the way to get low prices is regulations, >price setting, allowable profit rates etc. It wouldn't amuse you if you lived here...at least I don't find it so amusing. Apparently capitalism always violates someones rights to telephone service or healthcare or the information superhighway or [name your right of the day here]. (Now where was that darn list of rights written down?) >Geez guys. Deregulate the industry. Let companies compete in each >other's territory. Let the profit levels be set by whoever manages to >drive their costs down the most for a given service, not by whoever >manages to convince some regulator that higher costs deserve higher >profits. I heard about this concept somewhere. I wonder whether it would work in America? Has it been tried anywhere before? -- Stephen Denny | sdenny@cpdsc.com DSC Communications Corp. | Plano, TX, USA | **Standard Disclaimer**