From:	Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject:	Megas
Date:	Thu, 19 Oct 2000 11:26:47 +0200

According to Rand Ratinac, at 15:32 on 18 Oct 00, the word on the street
was...

> I've heard huge/mega corps referred to as both
> zaibatsus and keiretsus (sp?). One is used currently,
> one I've only seen used in Shadowrun. I just can't
> remember which is which. I SUSPECT zaibatsu is the SR
> term, but I'm not sure.

I do know that "zaibatsu" was used by Gibson in Neuromancer (or one of the
sequels, I don't remember that closely) and I do believe it also appears
in a few SR books, but I couldn't tell you which one(s). No idea about the
other one, though.

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