Full circle

[fivehundred2go]

AT&T was "Ma Bell" - then split off to "baby bells," Indiana Bell - swallowed up by Ameritec mid-west conglomeration - taken over by Southern Bell or SBC -which recieved an "OK" to purchase AT&T. Wasn't that a fun trip over the last 25 years and so effcient.

[Media Boy]

I thought I was the only one who found that ironic. Maybe that's why the Feds decided against splitting up Microsoft. I mean, they could split them up, but in a few years, they'd be right back together again, right?

On the other hand, there's no guarantee that a bigger company is better. I read an interesting quote just the other day in Fast Company magazine,

Mergers just create bigger versions of the cultures losing to smaller competitors.
(from a wise reader)

[midtown]

Well, the market sure has changed in the last 25 years, hasn't it? Who would have thought that everyone, or at least that's the way it seems, would have a cell-phone? I don't even have long-distance service because of my cell phone.