"Dean, is what you're saying really true?" Macy's expression turned serious; if there truly was a multi-party collusion, he had to take this matter seriously.
"Perhaps time will tell." Dean didn't disclose the details of the list he had, he only gave a rough and vague piece of news.
It was clear from the information received from Professor Donald Knuth that America Online was intentionally being excluded. The companies on the list were all from the East and West Coasts; a Rust Belt state like Ohio simply wasn't within the scope of consideration.
Thinking about it, it was obvious—if the internet were to be privatized, the future internet service providers would be embryonic forms of today's telephone companies.
The American telephone market is incredibly large, and if the internet reached the same scale, the profits within would be enough to sustain many unicorn companies.
