On 8 March 2018 at 20:20, Phillip Hallam-Baker <phill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since we are about to meet in London participants from the larger Internet > behemoths might like to consider the fact that much of the wealth of London > was created by the East India company, a corporation which did not merely > rival nation states in its power, it eclipsed all but a handful of the > nation states of its day. The nabobs of the East India company were > wealthier than the crown. > > It took four years for the company to go from being the dominant political > power in the country to bankrupt. Somewhat fittingly, given the rest of your email, the docks they once operated have been filled in for years, and are now home to Telehouse, as well as several other data centres... Dave.
