Maxo
Your tax dollars at work.
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join:2002-11-04
Tallahassee, FL
clubs: | Great
Time for a bunch of lame threads dissing the two companies and jokes about the two crappiest joining together. |
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DeGenerate90
join:2004-01-02
Toms River, NJ | AOL and Microsoft
Two of the most controversial computer related companies to merge? Amazing...... |
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Rob
In Deo speramus, God Bless the USA
Premium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL | The future of AOL is ALIVE!
If MS purchases AOL, AOL will survive. It will be wayy different and maybe even shut down? Making MSN the largest Internet provider! |
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vrp
vrp
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join:2002-12-05
terra |  one world! one company! ...
... get ready to be herded! ... |
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hpguru
Curb Your Dogma
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join:2002-04-12 | Ok I'll start...
You've got Butterflies! |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Hmmm
It will either make AOL better, or Mocrosoft worse...or both.:( |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
Premium
join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
 ·Comcast
| MS Gets Netscape
Maybe MS could buy AOL to finally destroy Netscape once and for all. Its somewhat ironic, as AOL bought Netscape primarily to use as a bargaining chip against MS when they wanted placement on the Windows Desktop.
Of course, what the hell is MS thinking about buying this sinking ship, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer can't be as stupid as the TW execs were when they agreed to the AOL buyout!
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CO_Chris
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join:2001-08-28
Broomfield, CO | reply to hpguru
Re: Ok I'll start...
You've got Butterflies ha ha to Mofo |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | reply to pnh102
Re: MS Gets Netscape
Maybe they are thinking like Ted Nugent, he wanted to buy Muzak just to destroy it(he was sick of hearing it in every elevator he got in). |
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ross
join:2000-08-16 | Remember when...
Microsoft only sold pre-packaged OS software? |
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gate1975mlm
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join:2001-09-30
Philadelphia, PA | reply to dadkins
Re: MS Gets Netscape
Maybe Microsoft will combine AOL and MSN into one ! |
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Defcon888
Premium
join:2003-07-22
San Bruno, CA
 ·AT&T Yahoo
·DSL EXTREME
| I would LOVE to see this happen haha ! AOL and MSN... wow........ it might be a bit scary but... wow... o_O
Crazy Blockhead - Defcon888 [ ]
Member since: July 22, 2003 - Location: San Francisco, CA
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blueeyesm
join:2003-09-05
Waterloo, ON
·Rogers Hi-Speed
|  Ms + Aol
= M.A.O.L.
Microsoft's America OnLine,... *shudders*
This would kill aol messenger, ICQ, and netscape,... on the plus side - we wouldn't be getting any more CDs in the mail (i hope).
But - we could also be coerced to download all of our updates for our OS through AOL. |
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ViviTheMage
vivi
Premium
join:2002-10-28
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | reply to Maxo
Re: Great
hahahahaha, thats great. have fun with that microsoft. |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana | April 1st is still 11 days away! |
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Chizep
Premium
join:2002-04-07
Concord, NC | reply to Rob
Re: The future of AOL is ALIVE!
If this does happen, I hope the AOL software will go away and the subscriber base be rolled over to MSN.
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When you're there, I sleep lengthwise
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NPGMBR
join:2001-03-28
Arlington, VA
| Highly Unlikely
Microsoft although would love to see its main competitor for dialup ISPs go away, Microsoft is not at all interested in the dial-up business.
An article was published last year that stated that MS was moving away from dialup and concentrating more on providing content for the connection providers. Thus, MS's move to partner with Verizon, Quest and others.
MS is a software company and thats all they are interested in. However, the purchase of AOL brings up a lot more possibilities for them.
Guess we just have to wait and see. I'm a big MS fan and love my MSN but I'd hate to see the two combined. All of my friends and family are AOL users and they hate that they have to carry MSN messenger to get to me but thats exactly why I left AOL. The instant you sign on people are freakin buggin ya. |
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Chizep
Premium
join:2002-04-07
Concord, NC
| reply to pnh102
Re: MS Gets Netscape
said by pnh102  :
what the hell is MS thinking about buying this sinking ship!
I pondered that thought myself. Then it hit me. They want to buy it for the subscriber base. And like I said in my previous post, I would hope that they toss the AOL software and make everyone switch to MSN.
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When you're there, I sleep lengthwise
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Varlik
Without Honor You Will Never Be Free
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join:2002-01-06
Anderson, SC
4 edits | All the better to lead the Noobs by the hand with.
OK let me get this straight Microsoft may buy AOL? And folks already thought the Bundling wasn't bad enough? Now Microsoft will have an ISP (of sorts). All the easier to hold all the newbies and noobs hands, and guide them into the wonderful world of computers and the internet.
From their first operating system. To their first browser and email client. To their fist internet account AOL dialup. Then to Broadband, more than likely one of these "lite" (CRAP) packages that is so popular among Broadband marketers right now. Oh yeah they'll provide the content. Buying another computer no problem just buy a Microsoft Router.
Arggggggggggggggggh where does it end?........... Oh wait It Doesn't! In short they'd lead so many of their costumers along by the hand or maybe its like a dog on a leash. And have them believing that they couldn't do any of it without Microsoft. Can you say Cash Cow? Dear God I think I'm going to be sick!
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"Sir SIR! We don't use DHCP servers. We only use IBM & Microsoft servers." From there my call to tech support went steadily downhill.--
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Daemon
Premium
join:2003-06-29
San Francisco, CA
·Comcast
| reply to Rob
Re: The future of AOL is ALIVE!
said by Rob :
...AOL will survive
...and maybe even shut down?
LOL! Which one is it?
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-Ryan
The more you know the more you know how little you know,you know? |
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