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Re:Tim Bray told a union meeting Amazon should be broken up by Communitivity on Friday June 12, 2020 @10:21AM (#23499475)
No, because Bell lost what was already geographically distinct - the regional baby Bells. Bell labs, Bell trademark, Western Electric, and AT&T Long Distance were all retained. This might be the equivalent of splitting AWS and the rest of Amazon into two companies.
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Re:Tim Bray told a union meeting Amazon should be broken up by ViViDboarder on Friday June 12, 2020 @11:07AM (#23499989)
Or Web Services, Commerce (Whole Foods, Amazon.com), Media (Alexa, Ring, Fire TV, Amazon Studios)

Amazon has so many different components in their conglomerate that there are many ways to draw lines.

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