From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 20 02:08:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA22782 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 02:08:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.wxs.nl (smtp04.wxs.nl [195.121.6.59]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA22776 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 02:08:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from chronias.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.81]) by smtp04.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA2515; Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:08:39 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981219173154.06b97f10@mail.lariat.org> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1998 11:14:56 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Brett Glass Subject: RE: This just in: Microsoft/Sears Merger Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 20-Dec-98 Brett Glass wrote: > This may have made Sears a tempting acquisition target for cash-rich > Microsoft, which in 1998 surpassed General Electric to attain the largest > market capitalization of any American company. > however, Gates said that he could not recall its meaning. Man, this is starting to sound like the Corps from a Shadowrun game... Next thing Bill wants full control over what TV stations will be airing. Ick, ick, ick. --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Pax vobiscum... asmodai(at)wxs.nl Network/Security Specialist BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message