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 mec@ummagumma.ops.usa.net 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.