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Re: Verio Chicago downsizes technical staff [feel the love]

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From: Max Kohn
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 00:00
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On 13 Sep 1998, JJ wrote:

> Date: 13 Sep 1998 16:38:06 GMT
> From: JJ <jjacobus@ponyx.com>
> Newsgroups: wwa.support, wwa.general, wwa.announce, wwa.www, chi.internet
> Subject: Re: Verio Chicago downsizes technical staff [feel the love]
> 
> 
> 
> rivet <root@verio.net> wrote in article <35fbecd5.3924372@news.wwa.com>...
> > On 13 Sep 1998 15:15:03 GMT, "JJ" <jjacobus@ponyx.com> wrote:
> > 
> > >From what I I've been able to gather here is the casualty list:
> > >
> > >	Jackson Brunsting
> > >	Dan Cross
> > >	Kevin Hill
> > >	Rich Nuttle
> > >	David Ressman
> > >	William Rockwood
> > >	Eric Seale
> > >	Kim Scarborough
> > >
> > >There are a couple more high-profile resignations to come.
> > 
> > it was really cute when one of people mentioned above asked for ten
> > dollars so he could take his belongings home in a cab and some
> > asshole replied, "well we really didn't budget for that."
> > 
> > i would have given him money myself but my wallet is empty.
> > 
> 
> That's pretty funny. Well, with as much money as Verio is losing, you got
> to watch every penny.
> 

Why would they buy out WWA if they were losing money? Why would a company
losing money make a purchase of that magnitude?  Doesn't make sense. 

     Max Kohn                            http://www.wwa.com/~mik/index.html
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From: Max Kohn <mik@wwa.com>
Subject: Re: Verio Chicago downsizes technical staff [feel the love]
Date: 1998/09/14
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