On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 13:00, Scott Dier wrote: > > > AT&T is buying the network so they have more network to exact control > > > over. :) > > If you think any of this would be possible without the "Big Guns" the > > likes of say AT&T, U.S.West, and other so called "evil empires" *cough* > > microsoft *cough* you're mistaken. > > And? You think that the statement above implies this? :) You are so > mistaken. No, but you like a great deal of other people on the list are quick to jump on big business as all being "big bad evil proprietary daemons" > AT&T and such amuse me mostly because of how they run things. I dont > see it as bad, I dont see it as good. Much of it is designed around > operating efficency instead of max cash (they max it well, but not to > 'perfect') and max customer happieness. Its a weird world. agreed. > However, I dont agree with the microsoft remark. Anyone could have > gotten in their position and filled their shoes if they were lucky > enough and willing to rape and pillage everything in their path for a > few years. agreed. But they've done a great deal to get computers as main-stream as they are, and as latent result, cheaper. -- Ben Lutgens Sistina Software Inc. Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20011213/2402ead3/attachment.pgp