despite public and private protests, google gave the ultimatum that only a monopolist can give: in order to appear in web search, you must allow us to use your content to compete against you.
that’s right. the world’s third-biggest company, measured by market value, is about to discover that the line between cool upstart and ugly monopolist is a very thin one.
由市场价值所评估的世界第三大公司将会揭露出那条划分酷酷的暴发户和丑恶的垄断家之间的浅浅的分界线。
microsoft, the monopolist in software industry, has announced a new line of clothing, in partnership with rapper common, called softwear.
软件业的垄断者微软,宣布了一条和说唱歌手common合作的新的服装生产线,叫做softwear。
since at the new low price customers will want to buy more than before, the monopolist must expand production, thus losing even more money.
由于价格降低后,顾客的需求会上升,垄断巨头必须扩大生产,因此将会损失更大。
most recently, the state-owned monopolist has come under fire for gaming the system and causing the electricity blackouts that have crimped industrial production across the country.
最近,这个国有垄断者正因为调试电力系统并且导致了影响全国范围内的工业生产的大停电而焦头烂额。
to its opponents, it is a brazen attempt by a crafty monopolist to lock up some of the world’s most valuable intellectual property.
在竞争对手看来,谷歌如同一只精于垄断的老狐貍,厚颜无耻到竟然想把世界最宝贵的知识财富锁进自家柜里。
transition three: monopolist to savvy defendant
转变之三:从垄断者到精明的被告
but operating as a monopolist is a poor way to maintain that edge.