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From: cpj1@winternet.com (Chris Josephes)
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Subject: St Paul Pioneer Press Article on "Coup"
Date: 8 Jul 1996 14:07:59 GMT
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"Business Coup Disrupts Local Internet Provider"
page 1, Metro. St. Paul Pioneer Press June 8, 1996

I'm not going to post the whole thing because it dosn't really reveal 
anything new for us.  It mentions Mike being locked out, and some 
commentaries from a couple of users.  Mentions Mike being a great admin, 
plus rumors of "financial disarray".



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From: olsonm@winternet.com (Mark Olson)
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Subject: Re: St Paul Pioneer Press Article on "Coup"
Date: 8 Jul 1996 17:08:37 GMT
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Chris Josephes (cpj1@winternet.com) wrote:
: "Business Coup Disrupts Local Internet Provider"
: page 1, Metro. St. Paul Pioneer Press June 8, 1996

: I'm not going to post the whole thing because it dosn't really reveal 
: anything new for us.  It mentions Mike being locked out, and some 
: commentaries from a couple of users.  Mentions Mike being a great admin, 
: plus rumors of "financial disarray".

Here's the URL:
http://www.pioneerplanet.com/technology/index.htm#techupdate

To get the body of the story you have to subscribe to
PioneerPlanet, here's the teaser paragraph:

Business coup disrupts local internet provider 
    Winternet's founder locked out of office, to seek legal advice 
        An apparent business coup at a local internet service may have
        disrupted service to subscribers of one of the Twin Cities'
        largest online providers. Winternet customers were reporting
        outages Friday and Saturday, after company founder Mike Horwath
        claimed he'd been ousted from the company. 

Cheers,
Mark
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Mark C Olson
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