Jeff Putman

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since May 20, 1998

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May 20, 1998, on Why Bill Gates is Richer than You:
Did you know that Bill Gates and John D. Rockefeller built their monopolies using the same technique? In the 1980s, Bill Gates got the computer manufacturers to pay him the price for Windows for each computer they manufacture, regardless of whose software is on it. In the 1870s, John D. Rockefeller got the railroads to pay him a rebate for every carload of oil they ship, regardless of whose oil it is. Same deal! How did they manage such deals? Mostly by bribing the officials of the other companies.
For more info about monopolies, and the international corporate oligarchy, see my web site, http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/87 96.
Lust for power makes some people do spectacularly ruthless things!