Galaxy IV

How ironic that the Galaxy IV satellite fails the same week anti-trust suits are filed against the Microsoft monopoly, underscoring the danger of reliance on a primary tech provider. Foreshadowing the year 2000 crash, May 20’s chaos will be multiplied exponentially.

ADRIAN MENDOZA

Modesto

* Regarding your articles on the malfunctions of the Galaxy IV satellite and the resulting silence of 90% of approximately 49.5 million pagers, it is obvious that the pager service providers are not familiar with the old saying about having all your eggs in one basket, or in this case, bouncing all your signals off one satellite.

SCOTT D. HODES

Torrance