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The Sinking Ship that is AOL

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bailing-out-the-titanic-with-a-teaspon dept.

EyesWideOpen writes "This article at Salon discusses the ways in which AOL is trying to stay afloat, with the release of version 8.0 of it's software, in a time when AOL (which recently merged with Time Warner) has had a string of bad press -- falling stock prices, SEC investigation, etc. -- attached to it's name. One of my favorite quotes from the article says of AOL: ''It was never really an Internet company. AOL was based on the idea that people needed to live in a halfway house while they became accustomed to the Net.'...If folks can get a better, faster, cheaper online experience by ditching AOL, they'll do it in a heartbeat.'"

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  1. yet another MS victim by ERN · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I believe AOL is the latest victim of another Microsoft onslaught. It happened with Netscape (ironic isn't it?), it' happening with Palm, and it's now happening with America Online.

    AOL 8.0 and MSN 8.0 are just being released now, and MSN looks like a serious contender with some great features. They are growing at a much faster rate than AOL, and AOL's feeling the heat. It just shows the relentlessness of MS and their must-win corporate culture.

    Time and time again we've seen this, hopefully AOL will adopt an attitude like MS if they wish to succeed in the long run.