Matt
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|  Ulterior Motives?
Perhaps their motive is to actually make Connected Nation relevant? If you sit on a board and indirectly donate $7 million to an organization ... you tend to have a bit of say-so.
Of course, I don't hold out much hope that Microsoft wouldn't be completely satisfied with a duopoly in the broadband market. |
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Neyland
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USA | And let the Microsoft (oops M$) bashing begin. |
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Matt
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| said by Neyland  :And let the Microsoft (oops M$) bashing begin. Hopefully not. It seems to be dying down as of late. I think people realize it makes you look like an petulant 10-year old child. |
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yock
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said by Matt :Perhaps their motive is to actually make Connected Nation relevant? If you sit on a board and indirectly donate $7 million to an organization ... you tend to have a bit of say-so. Of course, I don't hold out much hope that Microsoft wouldn't be completely satisfied with a duopoly in the broadband market. It's a lot easier for Microsoft to influence and, dare I say, control the few major players in the current oligarchy than to try and cooperate with a fabric of hundreds of smaller ISP's woven throughout the less-connected United States. Since it seems a foregone conclusion that those oligarchs will never seriously service areas that aren't already connected, protecting that reality saves Microsoft from having to worry about consumers having independent alternatives to Bell, Time Warner, and Comcast. |
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TKJunkMail
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|  Maybe MS just doesn't agree with Brodsky's opinion
Just maybe MS doesn't agree with Brodsky's opinion of Connected Nation. And just maybe they have a more accurate ability to assess what Connected Nation is doing or plans to do - you know being on the board and all and not just an outside agitator.
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WiseOldNerd
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Karl, such a great picture. It does convey the sense of the crazy marketeer in full flight. Maybe MS will simply buy Connected Nation and add it to Windows 7 as a new feature. 
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Re: Maybe MS just doesn't agree with Brodsky's opinion
They probably figure they can exercise a measure of control over Connected Nation by investing in them. However it's pretty apparent that Connected Nation paints a rosy picture of US Broadband access and availability. As I figure it, MS wants more broadband penetration, but probably doesn't want regulations that could affect their long term market plans.
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | The alliance likely tracks back to the dislike of Google, shared between Comcast, Microsoft and AT&T. |
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KrK
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| said by Karl Bode :The alliance likely tracks back to the dislike of Google, shared between Comcast, Microsoft and AT&T. DOH. Of course. So obvious I didn't see it right in front of me.
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