Conference 7.286::digital

    FYI - It clears purchase of either voting stock _or_ assets.
    
    ie, it could be clearance to purchase a DEC business component.
    
    dave

    
    MCI cleared to purchase either voting stock or *assets* and 
    rumors of DEC selling accounts receivable....could there be
    a connection there???
    
    

Does this mean we'll get Candice Bergen as a spokesman? :-)

How about a variant of the MCI ad, where there is a line-up and 
Candice tells how each is guilty of not saving money on long distance.

This could be redone with a line-up of computer purchasers,
guilty of not buying the fastest computers. 

Actually, if MCI wants any part of DEC, likely candidates are networks and
our video servers. These would fit in to MCI's business or future businesses,
and help them compete with ATT.

> Does this mean we'll get Candice Bergen as a spokesman? :-)

    	She'd prolly want to be spokeswoman :-)
    
    /Bob

    She also speaks for Sprint, not MCI.
    
    rww

We'd get Anna Paquin, instead...

		Steve

    Maybe we'll get Candace Bergen and Dan Quayle doing ads together. :-)
    
    Phil

    Is this private or can anyone create a useless, senseless rat hole? Not
    only does the company direction seem to wander aimlessly without
    direction but also this conference. You couldn't keep this bunch on a
    subject with blinders and a guide rail. What ever happened to
    insitefull clear thoughts carried hopefully to a meaningful conclusion.
    I'm out of here!!

    re-1
    
     bye bye

    
       I heard somewhere that some of MCI is being bought out by
    British Telecom, (maybe its the Digital part !) :-)
    
                         Mark

    British Telecom is indeed investing in MCI (old news) as well as France
    Telecom and German Telekom are investing in Sprint (20% if I remember
    correctly).

    British Telecom purchased (or is in the process of) a 20% interest in
    MCI for about $4 billion.  MCI needed to expand its international
    offerings to compete better with ATT in the Euro. Comm.  Interestingly
    enough, Sprint just announced a similar arrangement with the
    equivalent of BT in Germany and France.
    
    I work in what is left of the old MCI District, doing consulting
    services for MCI as part of Digital Consulting.  IMHO, MCI may be 
    showing interest in purchasing Digital Consulting given the on-again/
    off-again romance between Sprint and EDS.

    RE: Sprint and EDS
    
    This one is off...  definitely off.  At least for now.  Egos got in the
    way.
    
    ..Larry

Subject: Digital Equip Said In Talks To Sell Data Network To MCI -Sentinel DOW S
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  BOSTON (AP-DJ)-- Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) is negotiating with MCI
Communications Corp. (MCIC) to sell its high-speed internal data network
to MCI, Digital insiders said.
  The computer maker is talking with MCI's Metro unit about a sale
arrangement of Digital's fiber optic based network, which links Digital
offices, manufacturing and research sites around New England. Digital
apparently would buy service from MCI while MCI would be able to pump
other data traffic through the lines.
  The expected sale is one of the first moves by Digital to sell assets to
raise cash. It hasn't said what other units may be for sale, though
analysts have speculated that some chip-making facilities or software
product lines could be on the block.
  A Digital spokeswoman declined to say what the sale to MCI might bring,
but the relatively small size of the network suggest a sale won't solve
Digital's cash needs. It is valued at more than 15 million dlrs, the
threshhold requiring a Hart-Scott-Rodino filing with U.S. regulators. Such
a filing is expected.
  Digital's board is meeting today, but insiders don't expect an immediate
announcements of further actions. As reported, the board is putting
together a sweeping restructuring plan that could include dismissals of
another 20,000 people, or nearly one-fifth of the work force, in an effort
to rebuild a competitive cost structure.
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Personally, I find this idea to be very very stupid and shortshighted.
The talk about selling the DLN (digital lightwave network) has been around
for months.  We have one of the best fiber infrastructures in the 
Northeast, we need more bandwidth for our internal network.  A 
perfect match.  So we sell it and rent it back???