IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/prg/jnlpol/v2001y2001i4id325.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Má stát právo považovat Microsoft za monopolní firmu?
[Does the state have the right to consider Microsoft to be a monopoly?]

Author

Listed:
  • Lubomír Lízal

Abstract

This article deals with computer operating systems, their common features with classical monopolistic industries containing a natural monopoly element, and the right of the state to regulate monopolies according the philosophic principles of utilitarianism and laissez-faire. An analogy between operating system and infrastructure of network industry is presented. Fixed costs of building an infrastructure and the writing of a program are similar; they are indivisible and sunk. The marginal costs of maintaining the infrastructure and program licensing are low. Operating systems bear all identical features that define natural monopolies. The owner of an operating system can practice all kinds of predatory behavior known in oligopolistic industries. Therefore, we can consider operating system to be equivalent to monopolistic infrastructure and the society has a right to examine the behavior of the owner according the definitions of antimonopolistic laws and anticompetitive behavior.

Suggested Citation

  • Lubomír Lízal, 2001. "Má stát právo považovat Microsoft za monopolní firmu? [Does the state have the right to consider Microsoft to be a monopoly?]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2001(4).
  • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2001:y:2001:i:4:id:325
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.325
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://polek.vse.cz/doi/10.18267/j.polek.325.html
    Download Restriction: free of charge

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.18267/j.polek.325?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2001:y:2001:i:4:id:325. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Stanislav Vojir (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/uevsecz.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.