The hope is to get investors to place a higher value on TCI's businesses separately than they placing on TCI as a combined operation. Companies are increasingly outsourcing computer operations to outside contractors, so that the companies can concentrate their attention and resources on their main businesses. In 1990, there were an estimated 2 million telecommuters in this country. That number has increased to 7.8 million this year. And by the year 2001, there will be an estimated 30 million telecommuters.
Back issues are available by ftp or gopher at educom.edu.
Our bimonthly print magazine on learning, communications, and information technology. For information about Educom, see gopher.educom.edu.