From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 21 18:35:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA05030 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:35:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA05007 for ; Mon, 21 Dec 1998 18:35:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id NAA01381; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:05:08 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id NAA08593; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:05:08 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981222130508.Y85005@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 13:05:08 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Mark Ovens , jonathan michaels Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: AT&T (was: Cool, A White Snowy Christmas in Sunnyvale, California 8)) References: <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <199812202020.MAA46296@rah.star-gate.com> <4.1.19981220152518.00ac53d0@genesis.ispace.com> <4.1.19981220213341.009a9160@genesis.ispace.com> <367E0725.4749B7CB@uk.radan.com> <19981221201918.E8445@caamora.com.au> <367E2735.E62A6558@uk.radan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <367E2735.E62A6558@uk.radan.com>; from Mark Ovens on Mon, Dec 21, 1998 at 10:47:17AM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, 21 December 1998 at 10:47:17 +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > AFAIK, the US telephone system has always been privately owned and has > therefore had competition from day one. You need to look into the history of UNIX more carefully. AT&T was not state-owned, but it was very definitely a monopoly until it was broken up. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message