North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: GTE to acquire Genuity
UUNet runs MSN's network. I'm sure this is not a cheap operation. That money more than likely went into network implementation costs, as building a private nationwide dialup network can be quite costly. typical nanog bitter-batter: making assumptions based upon half truths. On Thu, 13 Nov 1997 [email protected] 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. > >
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