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They were a small government contracting company (belt-way bandit for those in the Washington DC area) with contracts having to do with the running of IBM MVS data centers. The NSF contract was "won" like any other. I am sure there are reading of this list that could supply more (ancient) history. On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Mike Batchelor wrote: > | Signature by unknown keyid: 0x55F01BC7 > > > It never ceases to amaze me that people will create business models around > > selling products that should be worth nothing... > > > > joelja > > You mean companies like Network Solutions, nee Verisign? What did NSI do > before they got the NSF contract way back when? Did they actually have a > line of business that did not rely on the registry, at some point in the > distant past (prior to the Chixulub impact)? Or was the company formed just > to service and exploit the NSF contract? > > --- > Computers hate being anthropomorphized. > _____ Douglas Denault [email protected] Voice: 301-469-8766 Fax: 301-469-0601
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