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SBC and AT&T Boards Vote to Go Ahead

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the death-star-to-tighten-its-grip dept.

telstar writes "As a follow-up to earlier coverage regarding the possible acquisition of AT&T by SBC, MSNBC is reporting that boards from both companies met to vote today and that the acquisition will go forward at a price of 16 billion dollars. Both companies are currently keeping the deal quiet."

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  1. Both companies are keeping the deal quiet? by RasputinAXP · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is the loudest quiet deal I've ever heard.

  2. Define "quiet" by physicsphairy · · Score: 4, Funny
    " Both companies are currently keeping the deal quiet."

    Yes, that's quite evident from its being posted on Slashdot, of all places.

    Don't worry guys, I'm sure nobody will read it! Probably not even the second or third time they post it!

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    1. Re:Define "quiet" by phalse+phace · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course nobody will read it. This is /. afterall.

  3. In other news... by game+kid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bill Gates responds "16 billion? If they need the dough they know where to find me."

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  4. I feel a great disturbance in the POTS. . . by Limburgher · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...as if thousands of people all dialed 911 at once. . . and got a busy signal.

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    1. Re:I feel a great disturbance in the POTS. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Mod Parent down! Making fun of 9/11 isn't funny!

      Even if it is a Matrix reference!

  5. Great by Bionic_Baboon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now were gonna have "Ma SBC"

  6. too many acronyms! by Karma+Sucks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would it kill the submitter to explain what SBC, AT&T and MSNBC *mean*?

    So many technical terms so little time...

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    1. Re:too many acronyms! by nmb3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Would it kill the submitter to explain what SBC, AT&T and MSNBC *mean*?

      SBC: Some Bastard Child of
      AT&T: A former Totalitarian Telephone company which
      MSNBC: May eventually Sire New Bastard Children.

      It's all about that circle of life crap. You know, like the way black widow babies eat their mothers. The corporate paradigm in a nutshell!

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  7. Wait A Minute! by vjmurphy · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the mother was supposed to eat its young, not vice-versa!

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  8. Re:First this, then the world by Pyrion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yup. I just switched phone carriers from the local telephone monopoly to the local cable monopoly.

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