Richard and all, Especially you Vinton! Yeah, Richard, that thought had crossed my mind as well when reading this. But my main thought was the "Caliber" of MCI's management and their involvement with ICANN through the GIP.... Sort of like the quadriplegic? blind, leading the blind, if you catch my drift here.... Of course the as Vinton says, the Internet is for everybody, eh? >;) But it makes one stop to wonder if there will be an Internet left when this sort of leadership is done with it.... You know RIchard, and yes you too Vinton, this article also got me to thinking back, and than reviewing some exchanges I had with Vinton in the early stages of the GIP regarding funding. I originally offered to provision some substantial funding for the GIP (I am sure that you remember these E-Mail exchanges don't you Vinton?) But after Vinton suggested that I confer with George Sorros (Another GIP funder) and I did a little checking, I found out that "Good old George", in FY '98 had managed to lose his customers $1B+, I quickly reconsidered, and began to realize that there was a fairly serious problem form a thinking standpoint here.... Oh yes, as I also recall John Patrick (IBM) and Roger Cochetti (IBM) were copied on those E-mail exchanges as well.... It gets more interesting all the time doesn't it Richard? >;) Richard J. Sexton wrote: > > But then the service provider sent another blow to > > its dial-up Internet access customers in May by > > announcing that it plans to sell this part of its > > business to Prodigy for $50 million to $75 million. > > Good God, this is starting to sound like one of those bizarre European auto deals > where Fiat buys itself from Renault for 17 billlion dollars. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The old man was asked, why were these men and boys willing to stand up to the > mightiest army in the world? Was it the taxes on tea and other imports? No, he > said. Was it the thinking from all the great books coming from Europe? No, books > were rare and precious things which most couldn't afford. Then, he was asked again, > WHY? His answer was... "Because they were of a mind to govern us and we were of a > mind to govern ourselves." Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
