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On Wed, 31 Jan 1996, Christopher E. Stefan wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jan 1996 [email protected] wrote: > > > MCI and Microsoft will now be building networks together, MCI ditching > > Netscape and starting to sell Microsoft network access tools & pushing > > MSN... > > Interesting considering: MCI and News Corp. have an agreement to jointly > develop/promote InternetMCI and Delphi. And UUNET and Microsoft have an > agreement to provide Internet access/MSN dialup. Last paragraph of article read: " MCI's move is a step away from its relationship with News Corp,, whose Delphi on-line service, with 200,000 customers, is about a quarter the size of Microsoft's MSN." Bye Bye, Delphi. It is a wonder to me that Microsoft is using UUNET for MSN dialup and MCI for, to quote the article, "Internet access and telecommunications provider". If I was with UUNET, I certainly would be upset that I get to watch modems blink while MCI gets to hyperstream. > Wonder if this sort of thing is anything like the cable/telco/media > "interactive TV" alliances of a year or two ago? Can we now get MSNBC over our MCI ISDN? Did anyone else note the MSNBC advertisement following the SuperBowl? alex
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