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To: sylvester80 who wrote (19740)3/29/2002 10:06:46 AM
From: GVTucker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21876
 
sylvester, RE: Q is the new kid on the block and nowhere near as good shape as the baby bells (which IMO are the real incumbents).

Uh, sylvester, Q is a baby bell. Unless somehow you think that US West has had that status revoked.



To: sylvester80 who wrote (19740)3/29/2002 10:07:18 AM
From: elmatador  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 21876
 
Pan Am was an Incumbent. Braniff was an incumbent. Burrroughs was an incumbent. RCA was an incumbent. Westinghouse was an incumbent. Harley Davidson was an incumbent.

The road is littered with the carcasses of incumbents. I'm not saying that vendor incumbency -in the telecom sector- will disappear, what I'm saying is:

Some vendor incumbents will have to merge to keep the incumbent label and its advantages. It is going to happen.


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