Xref: utzoo comp.sys.att:4018 unix-pc.general:1261 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!hi-csc!slocum From: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att,unix-pc.general Subject: Re: gdb on 3b1 up and running Message-ID: <3dea2658.805@hi-csc.UUCP> Date: 17 Aug 88 15:52:00 GMT References: <833@naucse.UUCP> <5821@bigtex.uucp> <5171@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5918@bigtex.uucp> <472@genesis.ATT.COM> Reply-To: slocum@hi-csc.UUCP (Brett Slocum) Organization: csdd Lines: 20 In article <472@genesis.ATT.COM> andys@genesis.ATT.COM (59228-a.b.sherman) writes: >AT&T R&D used to be given away for free, (as in the transistor, the >laser, etc.) but divestiture changed all that. Excuse me, but that changed long before divestiture. And I bet you still publish your R&D in the technical journals, conference proceedings, etc. Besides, AT&T wanted divestiture, since it removed the limitations put on them w.r.t. non-telephone related business. All in all, divestiture has been good for AT&T and not-so-good for the public. And now I see that the old AT&T is starting to get back together: four of the seven mini-Bells (Northwestern, Pacific, Mountain, etc.) are merging into US West Communications. Apparently, some 2 year limitation was imposed by the divestiture, which has now expired. How long will it take before good old Ma Bell is back as one big happy family? -- Brett Slocum UUCP: ...uunet!hi-csc!slocum Arpa: hi-csc!slocum@umn-cs.arpa "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."