[11812] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: For Profit Spinoffs from Univerities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Galloway)
Thu Apr 21 02:51:45 1994
From: John Galloway <jrg@rahul.net>
To: petef@well.com (Pete Farmer)
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 16:19:54 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <199404201654.JAA04752@well.sf.ca.us> from "Pete Farmer" at Apr 20, 94 09:54:35 am
Reply-To: jrg@galloway.sj.ca.us
>
> >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.
> >
>
> 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.
Hasn't it already been done? I thought Westren was the for-profit
corporation that now operates BARRnet. Is westren still owned by
Stanford?
-jrg
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