U.S. of Yugo (was: O/T Spark Gap Transmitters)

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Fri Jun 22 12:46:23 2001

> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, McFadden, Mike wrote:
> > **WARNING**
> > Possible humor or not! :)
> > I thought that the FCC was being outsourced to the lowest bidder and that it
> > was a company in former Yugoslavia that was a large campaign contributor.
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Are you sure? The last I heard, it was not only the FCC, but the
> entire government, including local governments in the U.S.---which
> happened some time ago, which, of course, explains why the government
> here runs like a Yugo.

Does this mean that the acquisition by Mircosoft fell through?
Did Microsoft's acquisition of the Catholic church leave them too
cash-poor to complete the deal?
Received on Fri Jun 22 2001 - 12:46:23 BST