"Lüko Willms" wrote in message

Am 03.01.2012 14:33, schrieb Recliner:
isn't it ridiculous to claim that the nature of a company stops
being a "real commercial company" when the composition of her
shareholders changes?

Not at all. If a company is dominated by one single shareholder, and
that shareholder has other interests, then you have a potential
conflict of interest. It's why monopolies are restricted in the EU
and other

What do you to about the monopolies of the little bakery or
agriculturer which has only one single owner? A horrible sight, or
what?

It's not a monopoly if there's other bakers or farmers. Ownership
doesn't make it a monopoly: lack of competition does. For example, if a
small, private bakery produces poor quality or over-priced products, it
would soon lose business to others in the area and may go bust -- unless
it's a state monopoly, with no competition allowed. Equally, if it
treated its staff badly, they'd soon leave and go to work elsewhere.
That's why competitive businesses tend to deliver a better service to
customers and treat staff better than state monopolies.