2 unrelated events

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 10:20:58 -0800
From: Dan Gillmor <dgillmor () mercurynews com>
Subject: Fyi
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>

http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001633.shtml

They were seemingly unconnected events, two decades ago this month: the
launch of the Apple Macintosh computer and the formal breakup of
communications giant AT&T. As it turned out, they were Big Bangs in
universes that have ended up converging -- computing and communications --
and their impact still reverberates today.

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