The Man Who Bought The Internet

from the it's-mine!--all-mine!! dept

Fortune takes a look at Stratton Sclavos and how he came to "own" the internet, by having his company, Verisign, buy up Network Solutions. What I hadn't known before was that Sclavos was on the board of NSI, so he knew they were looking for a buyout. The article points out, correctly, that there are many people who think he's the evil overlord of the internet.
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    Luke, 19 Jun 2001 @ 7:00am

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    No, he's not an evil overlord of any Internet - just a damn fine businessman. Why does everyone always whine about people who make a success of things - I say good luck to him.

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