AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner

Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by Rick-Butler on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @08:19PM (#17299244)

not exactly the best example when you consider what their research arm bell labs gave us.

Not saying that monopolies are good, it's just not black and white...

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by craftyguy on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @11:43AM (#17304138)

Even a steaming pile of shit has one or two good qualities.

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by Rick-Butler on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:53PM (#17304835)

A comment like this makes me think you really don't know much about Bell Labs.

http://blog.tmcnet.com/next-generation-communications/2011/0...

A lot of modern computing traces back to them and Xerox.

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by craftyguy on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:01PM (#17304917)

I know about Bell Labs and their contributions. They were the one positive thing from Ma Bell, but there were a LOT of other bad things in Ma Bell that I'd rather not see come about again. I bet we can have a Bell Labs-like thing exist without all the other crap.

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by phlakaton on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:48PM (#17305406)

I'd love to see it. Where is this fabled research giant that doesn't need a bunch of funding from a giant corporation?

I mean, I guess you could look at DARPA or other government agencies as some sort of equivalent, but you're not exactly escaping controversy by getting your funding from the DoD...

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Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner by lurquer on Thursday June 14, 2018 @01:12PM (#17313252)

Lucent. (Ugh... Rode that sucker down to $0)

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