tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post115598533639248261..comments2023-09-20T07:32:30.188-06:00Comments on I quote myself.: Undervaluing openness.Shochohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11690069016080833597noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9689036.post-1156799546057612392006-08-28T15:12:00.000-06:002006-08-28T15:12:00.000-06:00Hard to believe this after the late 80s, where Rea...Hard to believe this after the late 80s, where Reagan led us and the rest of the world's governments down the path of "less control" by opening most government owned industry/monopolies to competition, or just selling them outright. <BR/><BR/>How much did prices fall, service improve, or innovation increase? <BR/><BR/>Some industries did take off cause there was lots of money within them, and they could play the market (Telcos, now going backwards towards monopoly), but this was usually for the shareholders and CEO's, not the users. While most others in tighter spaces started to slide away, charging the consumers more, all the while asking the government for monetary support - thus defeating the savings (e.g. America's rail network, government health cover, Enron and privatized electricity).<BR/><BR/>Hmmm... I was off to the rant races just then. never understood the privatise everything argument. Same amount of money, but all yrou efficiency gains (cause you aren;t big government) usually gets eaten up in the desire for shareholder profits. User doesnt always figure in there.Aussie-Askewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16472492697459763793noreply@blogger.com