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To: Edwin S. Fujinaka who wrote (3482)	1/24/2000 2:33:00 PM
From: kai_kai	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6018

"divine is creating a better future for everyone" they surely plan to live up to their name... ...can't be British I know a decent blues musician from Chicago who now lives with my wife's (sorry 'bout that!) sister in London. So everything is connected again. This SFTBF thing is scary. Zaibatsu on every level. Kai

To: Edwin S. Fujinaka who wrote (3482)	1/26/2000 9:22:00 AM
From: astyanax	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6018

Re: DVIN Internet Zaibatsu legal issues Yeah, Edwin, it is clever. And it's not a peripheral slogan. Whether you read "Flip"'s interviews or just look @ their webpage, 'INTERNET ZAIBATSU' is mentioned constantly. I sincerely doubt that Flip independently discovered this business model for his Net-centric VC, although there's nothing wrong with that - as we know, a gazillion VCs (all American) proudly refer to themselves as keiretsus. Regardless, I believe DVIN has trademarked the phrase Internet zaibatsu (or, actually, some permuatation of that phrase). Theoretically, the next time that Masayoshi Son uses that phrase, DVIN can sue Softbank. Surprise. - Netconductor.com >>Edwin S. Fujinaka wrote: It appears that they are doing Softbank a reverse one up play where they are copying Softbank's model and applying it to the US Market. They even call themselves "the First True Internet Zaibatsu". <G>. Clever, these Americans.