Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner
by craftyguy on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @11:43AM
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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
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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.
Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner
by craftyguy on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:01PM
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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.
Re:AT&T Cleared by Judge to Buy Time Warner
by phlakaton on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:48PM
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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...