[29938] in North American Network Operators' Group
A Conversation With Stratton Sclavos (WashPost)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Mon Jul 10 09:55:38 2000
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
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Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 09:53:18 -0400 (EDT)
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=wpni/print&articleid=A12129-2000Jul9
By Leslie Walker
Monday , July 10, 2000 ; F05
The $15.3 billion merger of electronic security firm VeriSign
Inc. and domain name king Network Solutions Inc. was the
largest deal in Internet history. Analysts say the combined
company likely will be one the Internet's most powerful players
because it will maintain the Web address infrastructure and be
well positioned to to offer e-commerce services to companies
registering Internet domains.
............
He outlined many other projects underway: Network Solutions
is taking over from volunteer groups the big computers that
have run much of the dot-com address system for years.......
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A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
& no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
