[13673] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GTE to acquire Genuity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mec@ummagumma.ops.usa.net)
Thu Nov 13 18:42:10 1997
From: mec@ummagumma.ops.usa.net
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 16:34:23 -0700 (MST)
To: "Chris Cook, Net Asset LLC" <ccook@netasset.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <000001124392962299153@corpserver.netasset.com>
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.
