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# Gates: Guys like us avoid monopolies
- URL: https://neunetz.com/gates-guys-like-us-avoid-monopolies/
- Published: 2008-05-28T22:21:52.000Z
- Updated: 2008-05-28T22:21:52.000Z
- Author: Marcel Weiß
- Tags: Allgemein, #wp, #wp-post, #visibility-public, #Import 2024-11-21 20:37

Steve Ballmer und Bill Gates auf der [D6 Conference](http://d6.allthingsd.com/):

> Ballmer: To accelerate scale it made sense for us to consider a Yahoo acquisition. The truth of the matter is, if nobody else gets scale except the current leader, what happens? … Some day all the ads for The Wall Street Journal Online might be sold by one guy and he’ll tell you exactly how much your editorial is worth.  
>  
> Kara: Yeah, like a monopoly. Interesting.  
>  
> Walt: That’s a great point. That’s exactly the sort of argument that was made against Microsoft.  
>  
> Ballmer: Am I saying there’s something wrong? I’m just saying we are guys who will compete. That’s all I’m saying.  
>  
> Gates: Guys like us avoid monopolies. We like to compete.

hahaha. [unfreiwillige Komik](http://d6.allthingsd.com/20080528/monopolies/).

([via Mathew Ingram](http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/05/28/guys-like-us-we-avoid-monopolies/))