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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
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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."