[13679] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GTE to acquire Genuity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Richards)
Thu Nov 13 21:02:15 1997
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 17:58:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Josh Richards <jrichard@fix.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.971113163228.7952A-100000@ummagumma>
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..
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