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ATT was broken up by antitrust.
by nytesky 3y ago
ATT was broken up by antitrust.
- paulryanrogers 3y agoAnd Standard Oil
- zer00eyz 3y agoATT under anti trust scrutiny creates UNIX. ATT throws unix out the car window, at speed, to any one and every one who will take it because they did NOT want any more heat. A lot of stuff escaped Bell Labs because of anti trust. The old att rotary phone is part of the impression of how durable goods can be (that thing was a tank). The final breakup of att leads to baby bells, and we have seen how that experiment went... Could we have co-op or regional public utility for internet/cable/phone today? Yes we could, but I dont think we would have gotten to this place with out AT&T's rise and fall. It and IBM are the examples of squandered dominance of technology.