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

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From: John H. Roth Jr.
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 00:00
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On Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:44:23 -0500, Max Kohn <mik@wwa.com> wrote:

>On 13 Sep 1998, JJ wrote:
>
>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
>     mik@wwa.com          Memorial Page: http://www.wwa.com/~mik/mem.html
>
Its the old entepreunerial spirit: loose money on every sale, and make
it up in volume. 

Hey, you don't have to have brains to manage a business, just
dominance. Look at whoever's managing the company you work for.

JR
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From: johnroth@ameritech.net (John H. Roth Jr.)
Subject: Re: Verio Chicago downsizes technical staff [feel the love]
Date: 1998/09/16
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