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From: wagner@utoday.com (Mitch Wagner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: AT&T or USL, and extrapolation
Message-ID: <1992Jul30.155634.11081@utoday.com>
Date: 30 Jul 92 15:56:34 GMT
References: <1992Jul23.064028@eklektix.com>
Organization: Open Systems Today
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In article <1992Jul23.064028@eklektix.com> rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn) writes:
#The discussion about the BSDI lawsuit seems to be focusing on AT&T. These
#days, it's really USL which is responsible for the development (such as it
#is) and the licensing of UNIX systems. Now, my understanding is that USL
#isn't exactly a piece of AT&T but isn't exactly separate either. Can any-
#one explain the real nature of this neither-fishy-nor-foul relationship?
#It bears on things such as whether it means anything at all to protest by
#changing your long-distance service. Could any information actually
#trickle down/across to USL? (I doubt that it has much effect in the best
#case, but I'm wondering if it has any at all.)
AT&T is a majority shareholder in USL.
What does this mean as far as how much clout AT&T has. I don't know,
and I think anybody who CLAIMS to know without sitting in on some
Board of Directors meetings for USL is simply blowing smoke. AT&T is a
mighty big corporation and USL---which has about $100 million
revenues---is might small stuff to them.
-- mitch w.