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Re: Worldcomm/UUNet makes a bid for MCI and BROOKS Fiber


From: "Chris A. Icide" <chris () nap net>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 08:30:27 -0500

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Doesn't Bill Gates own some portion of the WC conglomerate?

It sures smells like a BG thing.

Microsquish owns the desktop/Servers and WC owns the Internet/
Telecommunications, and Bill owns them both?  Thrills, gotta
love the advances we would see then, mainly in price....

- -Chris

At 05:38 AM 10/1/97 -0700, Rodney Joffe wrote:
Hit Delete now... off topic, but significant for ALL...


         
http://interactive.wsj.com/edition/current/summaries/front.htm

In case you can't get to the page, Worldcom this morning announced a 
bid
to buy MCI out from under BT.
Also announce a deal to acquire all of Brooks Fiber.


Rodney Joffe
Chief Technology Officer
Genuity Inc., a Bechtel company
http://www.genuity.net





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