The agenda of a co-op is not to become a behemoth over valued entity. The agenda of a co-op is to provide a service or product at the best and lowest costs and to gain more patrons. Now, I have an idea for the Microsoft monopoly case. I am going to offer a solution for the Microsoft monopoly and for the overpriced software made these days. Establish 'Computer Software Co-ops'.
Patrons can join the co-op and by joining they can share all of the software.
No need to buy any software. Those ten copies are bought by 10 Co-ops who then share Word, or allow its customers put the Word into their computer. A Software Co-op is not much different from a library. Each book in the library is copyrighted, and each piece of software in the Co-op is copyrighted. The libraries have to pay for their books, and so too the Co-op pays for Microsoft Word.