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Steven L. Sheffield (stevens@veloworks.com) wrote:
: >Path: shellx.best.com!usenet
: >From: John Kaufman <jkaufman@best.com>
: >Newsgroups: ba.internet
: >Subject: BEST INTERNET COMM. SENIOR STAFFERS FIRED
: >Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 22:30:18 -0800
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: >TWO TOP STAFFERS FIRED AT BEST INTERNET 
: >COMMUNICATIONS INC.
: >
: >Mountain View, Calif., Jan. 26, 1996 -- Two 
: >popular top-level staff members of Best 
: >Internet Communications Inc. of Mountain View 
: >were fired today, according to a source 
: >familiar with the situation. It was reported 
: >that the staffers, George Schaft, former 
: >Director of Customer Satisfaction, and Mike 
: >Schwartz, Best's former acting CEO before the 
: >arrival of the company's new CEO, Alan 
: >Mutter, were fired for being at loggerheads 
: >with Mutter over the direction of the ISP. A 
: >terse announcement of the departure of Schaft 
: >was posted to a Best newsgroup at 8:00 p.m. 
: >this evening. Schartz made his own 
: >announcement at 2:00 p.m. today.
: >
: >Mutter was named Best Internet's CEO last 
: >week to prepare the company for a public 
: >offering. According to his resume, he has no 
: >technical experience and has never operated 
: >an internet service provider.
: >
: >Mutter refused to return phone calls and 
: >email today asking for his explanation of the 
: >employee firings, but the source said the CEO 
: >was "trying to lay low until the situation 
: >blows over."
: >
: >Response from subscribers has been strong and 
: >swift. "Is this the beginning of the end?" 
: >one customer asked. "We deserve an 
: >explanation," demanded another. "Shit," 
: >observed someone else. All of the posts to 
: >Best newsgroups expressed disapproval of the 
: >firings, and some pointed to Mutter as the 
: >bete noire. Both staffers were among the most 
: >liked and trusted by Best subscribers.
: >
: >Angered by the firings, one subscriber posted 
: >a demand for Mutter to provide an explanation 
: >for the firings, but the post appeared to be 
: >canceled without consent from the poster and 
: >never appeared in the newsgroup.
: >
: >"To subscribe to Best right now would be a 
: >huge mistake," according to one subscriber 
: >reached by email. "They definitely have 
: >serious work to do before their house is in 
: >order. My opinion is that Mutter should 
: >leave," she said.
: >
: >Best Internet currently is in the midst of a 
: >major advertising campaign.
: >
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jkaufman...? Sounds like #$%&head. Where is your proof for all these
alligations? I've never seen such material for slander in my life..

Good job....dweeb.

-Winter