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Re: GTE to acquire Genuity
From: Henry Linneweh <linneweh () concentric net>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:27:06 -0800
Hmmm if my memory serves me right I believe MicroSoft has 3 of its directors on UUnets board, and that very well could be the end run on the network. The thought is not comforting.... Henry R. Linneweh Josh Richards wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 mec () ummagumma ops usa net wrote:On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Chris Cook, Net Asset LLC wrote:> And when that happens, Microsoft will buy Worldcomm. And then Microsoft > will require AOL to use MSN's interface bundled with Worldcomm's > connectivity or get no connectivity at all. Shhhh. Don't give the Evil Empire any ideas....perhaps I've been smoking too much crack, but back when MSN was getting started, Microsoft dumped a large amount of money in UUNET's lap. How much of this ended up going towards UUNET stock? And if they owned a chunk then, they'd own a chunk of Worldcomm now. But then, I may just be smoking too much crack.Yep.. <URL:http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/7404.html>- Josh Richards / jrichard () fix net / Finger for PGP key - - Systems Administrator / FIX Net / http://www.fix.net -
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Current thread:
- GTE to Acquire Genuity Joe McDonald (Nov 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- GTE to acquire Genuity Bob Collie (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Mark Tripod (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Turnando Fuad (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Mark Tripod (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Mark Tripod (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Chris Cook, Net Asset LLC (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity mec (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Josh Richards (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Henry Linneweh (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Gordon Cook (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Jerry Scharf (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Gordon Cook (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Amanul Haque (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity mec (Nov 13)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Aaron France (Nov 14)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity mec (Nov 14)
- RE: GTE to acquire Genuity Gordon Cook (Nov 14)
- RE: GTE to acquire Genuity Tom Eastgard (Nov 14)
- Re: GTE to acquire Genuity Steve Sobol (Nov 14)