Talk:Duopoly
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Isn't Pepsi vs. Coke the biggest duopoly ever? DevastatorIIC 02:53, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
- No, there's plenty of other suppliers of softdrinks worldwide. -- KarlHallowell 22:09, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] web browsers: IE and FF = duopoly?
I don't know if Microsoft Internet Explorer vs. Mozilla Firefox in Web browser market really qualifies as a duopoly. -Grick(talk to me!) 02:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree, as Opera is a great browswer, but reports itself as Internet Explorer for compatibility. So usage stats show 87% Internet Explorer, 9% Firefox/Mozilla/Netscape (note most stats don't split), ~1% Opera (w/o those included in IE stats), and ~2% Safari. If anything I'd say IE has a monopoly, or there's alot of players not just 2. I vote for removing IE vs. Firefox. - --Bwave 05:47, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
I've gone ahead and removed it; if anybody disagrees, please add a comment here. -Grick(talk to me!) 22:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
Since the major browsers are either bundled with operating systems or free to download, I'm not sure "market" would even be the correct term. Stebbins 01:02, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] American TV stations
Do we really need a list of American TV stations considered to be duopolies? It seems rather arbitrary to me - why not a list of Venezuelan duopolies as well? It doesn't make much sense to me, and I think the existing examples in the article are fine. Johnleemk | Talk 10:51, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Fedex, UPS, Nasdaq, NYSE
Could someone please add FedEx Vs UPS and NYSE Vs NASDAQ ? Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.197.158.115 (talk) 05:57, 14 April 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Australian telecommunications market
I think this example should be removed. In fact Telstra is by far the largest supplier of telecommunications products in Australia with up to and often over 50% of the market for all telco products. While Optus is distinctly the second largest supplier (particularly in areas such as land lines) it does not possess nearly enough of a market share to be considered comparable to Telstra and therefore create a duopoly. Collectively alternate telecommunications providers possess more of a market share than Optus does alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.131.226.194 (talk) 08:37, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
