[ale] Mindspring and Earthlink merge

[robbie at opus.shorty.com (Robbie Honerkamp)]

Thus spake Jeffrey B Layton (jeffrey.b.layton at lmco.com):

>    Since many Linux people are Mindspring customers, I thought
> everyone might be interested in the following:
> 
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990923/bs/earthlink_mindspring_1.html
> 
>    In essence, Mindspring and Earthlink are merging. The result
> will be called Earthlink. Any guesses as to the impact on customer
> accounts?

Wow. A true merger. 

There's more (better) information here:
http://www.mindspring.net/aboutms/press-releases/1999/0923.html

My read on this is that in essence, MindSpring is changing it's
name to Earthlink, getting bigger, and gaining an officer.

Robbie