???[Microsoft] operates a well at the foot of a valley where a large population brings its buckets for water,??? Kay writes. ???And Microsoft gets to charge a monopoly rent for its ???magic??? water. Never mind that there are other wells elsewhere offering cheaper water. Many people are still in the habit of coming to this one place.???
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