judice@sulaco.enet.dec.com (Peripheral Visionary 14-Dec-1990 1002) (12/15/90)
The AT&T/NCR deal is an interesting development ... Wasn't the primary motivation behind AT&T's settlement of the antitrust suit a desire to enter the computer industry? AT&T is still a great company, but it's hardly made a ripple in the computer business since divestiture. I think it's pretty sad, again thinking back to the old AT&T ... Question - suppose AT&T had decided NOT to split up - and to remain the Great American Wire and Cable Co. (as some have called it). What would today's telecom domain be like in: long distance, local service, new technology, hardware (consumer and business), etc. Go on telecom-readers: oraculate! ljj