Comments on: Sirius-XM: Day 445 http://techliberation.com/2008/06/06/sirius-xm-day-445/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 12:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Stovall http://techliberation.com/2008/06/06/sirius-xm-day-445/comment-page-1/#comment-52001 Don Stovall Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:30:38 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10888#comment-52001 <p>Right ON! Wars have been won and lost in less time.</p> Right ON! Wars have been won and lost in less time.

]]> By: Don Stovall http://techliberation.com/2008/06/06/sirius-xm-day-445/comment-page-1/#comment-42215 Don Stovall Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:30:38 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10888#comment-42215 <p>Right ON! Wars have been won and lost in less time.</p> Right ON! Wars have been won and lost in less time.

]]> By: Skip Oliva http://techliberation.com/2008/06/06/sirius-xm-day-445/comment-page-1/#comment-52000 Skip Oliva Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:38:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10888#comment-52000 <p>Why assume something has "gone so terribly wrong"? Maybe this is exactly what the process is designed to do. Some factions within the FCC simply be trying to wait out Sirius and XM in the hopes that they'll grow tired and quit the deal altogether.<br><br>Heck, just today the Federal Trade Commission "won" a challenge to a hospital merger when the parties threw in the towel -- after FTC staff took more than <em>two</em> years to review the deal.</p> Why assume something has “gone so terribly wrong”? Maybe this is exactly what the process is designed to do. Some factions within the FCC simply be trying to wait out Sirius and XM in the hopes that they’ll grow tired and quit the deal altogether.

Heck, just today the Federal Trade Commission “won” a challenge to a hospital merger when the parties threw in the towel — after FTC staff took more than two years to review the deal.

]]> By: Skip Oliva http://techliberation.com/2008/06/06/sirius-xm-day-445/comment-page-1/#comment-42173 Skip Oliva Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:38:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=10888#comment-42173 <p>Why assume something has "gone so terribly wrong"? Maybe this is exactly what the process is designed to do. Some factions within the FCC simply be trying to wait out Sirius and XM in the hopes that they'll grow tired and quit the deal altogether.</p> <p>Heck, just today the Federal Trade Commission "won" a challenge to a hospital merger when the parties threw in the towel -- after FTC staff took more than <em>two</em> years to review the deal.</p> Why assume something has “gone so terribly wrong”? Maybe this is exactly what the process is designed to do. Some factions within the FCC simply be trying to wait out Sirius and XM in the hopes that they’ll grow tired and quit the deal altogether.

Heck, just today the Federal Trade Commission “won” a challenge to a hospital merger when the parties threw in the towel — after FTC staff took more than two years to review the deal.

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