Sympatico goes MSN

[Matthew Godycki]

> 
> From: David J Patrick <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org>
> Date: 2004/06/14 Mon AM 12:43:20 EDT
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: [TLUG]: Sympatico goes MSN
> 
>     Did you notice that Sympatico has gone over to the dark side ?
>     Acquired ? Partnered ? Assimilated ?
>     Anyhoo, it's just a matter of time now before the "No Penguins" sign 
> goes up. I spoke with customer service and they admitted that the last 
> week has been pretty hectic, with the transition, and the bugs were not 
> yet worked out. "Not yet worked in" I quipped, he didn't get it. When I 
> told him that this new MSN thing would probably result in my move to 
> another ISP, he was at first confused, but then (after connecting the 
> dots between MSN and M$) admitted that it was likely to become an issue. 
> I explained that Sympatico had been a technically functioning, if 
> unsupported, linuxable ISP for years, and was now destined to becoming 
> actively linux hostile. He agreed that it was a likely outcome.
>     So there ya have it kids, the last straw.
> Istop anyone ?
> djp

As far as I know, it's only a content type partnership (ie, the portal).  At least that's my sole unlearned observation.  If there is more to it, is there somewhere we could read about what exactly is entailed in this?

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