Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!pkern From: pkern@utcs.UUCP (pkern) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: AT&T buying DEC ? Message-ID: <764@utcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 15:08:00 EDT Article-I.D.: utcs.764 Posted: Wed Jul 24 15:08:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Jul-85 16:25:46 EDT Distribution: net Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX Lines: 11 Has anyone heard of a potential takeover of DEC by AT&T? In an old issue of Newsweek, it said that the purchase of a portion of MCI by IBM prompted speculation that, to compete, AT&T would buy a sizeable computer company. Newsweek also said that speculation on Wall Street has DEC as the most likely target for AT&T. Has anyone else heard of something along this line? P. Kern ..!{decvax,ihnp4,utcsri}!utcs!pkern ..!{allegra,linus}!utzoo!utcs!pkern