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ATT has a rich history of being a technology company. They invented UNIX! That's in the past, fair enough. So they used to develop cutting edge technology, the

ATT has a rich history of being a technology company. They invented UNIX! That's in the past, fair enough. So they used to develop cutting edge technology, they sell technology, they buy technology, they operate technology, they work with manufacturers to develop new technology, they operate the infrastructure underpinning the modern technology economy, but they aren't a technology company? Even if you want to argue that they aren't a technology company, they sure spend enough time doing everything a technology company does to hold them accountable for their technology failures.

dahart 2y ago
> They invented UNIX! They also invented the transistor, C, the photovoltaic cell, radio astronomy, and … the telephone. ;) Yes that’s the past, but AT&T labs still employs almost two thousand people. It’s very funny to try to claim AT&T isn’t a technology company and only peddles services on top of equipment made by others.
yyyfb 2y ago
The company called AT&T now and the company called AT&T that invented Unix have really nothing in common but a thin stretch of history by now. The technology development units of AT&T were split off into Lucent a long time ago. Calling AT&T a tech company because they operate technological infrastructure is like calling Spirit Airlines an aerospace technology company because they operate jet airplanes.