GTE to acquire Genuity

Fri Nov 14 04:27:06 UTC 1997

Hmmm if my memory serves me right I believe MicroSoft has 3 of its directors on
UUnets board, and that very well could be the end run on the network.  The
thought is not comforting....

Henry R. Linneweh

Josh Richards wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 mec at 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..
>
> <URL:http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/7404.html>
>
> >
>
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