[11800] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: For Profit Spinoffs from Univerities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pete Farmer)
Wed Apr 20 18:22:44 1994
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 09:54:35 -0700
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: petef@well.com (Pete Farmer)
>I just got this info on another list and thought it MOST interesting and
>appropriate for com-priv... Don't gripe at me, this is NOT from me:
>
>>Stanford currently manages access to the Internet for the San Francisco bay
>>area. We support a large number of non-profit and corporate clients. Its
>>currently a breakeven proposition at best. Recently, some VC's have
>>offered to "buy" this support function from us. We're currently
>>considering: (1) their offer, (2) maintaining the status quo, or (3)
>>spinning off a for profit affiliated entity.
>
>---
>Glenn Tenney
>tenney@netcom.com Amateur radio: AA6ER
>(415) 574-3420 Fax: (415) 574-0546
Stanford probably would view what it did with SRI some years ago as
precedent. If I'm not mistaken, SRI was once formally part of Stanford,
but was later spun off as an independent venture.
I am not surprised at all that Stanford is considering doing the same with
BARRnet.
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