In Monty Python’s satirical Life of Brian an angry dissident demands: “What have the Romans ever done for us?†A fellow plotter, innocently taking his question at face value, responds with a long list of Roman achievements, including aqueducts, roads, schools and, above all, public order – in essence, all the trappings of a civilised society.
Perhaps Nicolas Sarkozy was confusing ancient Rome with the Treaty of Rome when the French president recently asked his Pythonesque question: what has competition ever done for us? With judgment due on September 17 in Microsoft’s appeal against the European Commission’s $675m fine for alleged abuses of its dominant position in operating systems, it is a fitting time to take up his challenge.
Perhaps Nicolas Sarkozy was confusing ancient Rome with the Treaty of Rome when the French president recently asked his Pythonesque question: what has competition ever done for us? With judgment due on September 17 in Microsoft’s appeal against the European Commission’s $675m fine for alleged abuses of its dominant position in operating systems, it is a fitting time to take up his challenge.
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