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Re: GTE to acquire Genuity

  • From: mec
  • Date: Thu Nov 13 18:56:41 1997

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.