[9309] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: The annointed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dick St.Peters)
Tue Dec 28 18:55:41 1993
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 93 18:52:54 EST
From: stpeters@spare-parts.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
To: sdw@meaddata.com
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Reply-To: <stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com>
> From: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams)
> Everyone with a .com domain SHOULD be a commercial customer.
Er, well, almost everyone. I think we're a signed-up AUP-compliant
site. In spite of the domain, we don't do any business here.
GE has its own unique approach to networking. We have a huge (class A)
"internal" network. When CEO Jack Welch sells a business, he leaves it
on the network. The roster of companies on GE's "internal" network
reads like a ... well, look up his deals yourself. The way he does
multi-billion dollar deals right and left, I figure pretty soon everybody
will have been part of GE at some time and will be on our network.
It's a conspiracy to take over the net ... :-)
--
Dick St.Peters
GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com
