Yes, I take your point. But, at the time SBC purchased the remains of AT&T and rebranded itself, what remained under "AT&T" was largely a husk. (As I understa

Yes, I take your point. But, at the time SBC purchased the remains of AT&T and rebranded itself, what remained under "AT&T" was largely a husk. (As I understand it, much of the more technical remains had gone to the Lucent divestiture. Not that they fared particularly well, either.) I don't have a detailed knowledge, but as I understand it, senior management stayed pretty much the same; that is, SBC management ruled through and after the transition. (I believe that tended to apply at lower levels, too. AT&T employees who stayed had to face "adjustments" both political and financial.) I'm going from memory, here, on a topic I mostly just observed through the news and an acquaintance or two. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.