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Is AOL The Key to Microsoft 'Killing' Google?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wow-this-one-is-getting-overused dept.

VK writes "When Steve Ballmer yelled at a departing Microsoft employee that he would "kill Google" we had no idea just how direct a method he had in mind. Buying all or part of AOL may be the first part of the master plan, as Google relies heavily on the advertising pages that come from AOL, since it now syndicates its search to Google." Update: 09/23 19:20 GMT by J : As our readers pointed out, the original and Reg reprint both typoed "Yahoo" for AOL. Fixed.

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  1. Let's try again. by suso · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you could have made this article cheesier by saying:

    "Is AOL the quantum link to Microsoft 'Killing' Google?"

  2. Microsoft and AOL's REAL plan to "bury" Google by xmas2003 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft buys AOL
    Sends all "free AOL CD's" to Google.
    After a few months, Google is buried in CD's.

    P.S. Remember the days when AOL floppies were actually useful since you never had to buy any? I actually had a useful purpose for an AOL CD cover recently as a free viewport on an outdoor webcam box.

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  3. Cool! by gowen · · Score: 5, Funny

    It looks like the new CSS-driven slashdot has got a Random Slashdot Headline generator built into it!

    Look out tomorrow for "Is <$NOUN> the Key to Microsoft Killing <$RIVAL>?"
    Of course, in actuality, tomorrow's headline is likely to be "Is AOL the Key to Microsoft Killing Google?" again

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  4. Worked so well for Time-Warner by Fastball · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, wait...

  5. Re:That'll Never Work by jav1231 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So what exactly are they gaining?
    Ballmer: "MWAHHAHAHA! We'll buy AOL and make them all use Windows and IE!"
    Sidekick: "Uh, Sir? They already use Windows and IE. AOL refused to port AOL to Linux and abandoned their own browser and signed agreements with us to use IE!"
    Ballmer: "Oh."
    Sidekick: (under his breath) "Ass..."

  6. Re:This is a classic example by grahamlee · · Score: 4, Funny
    My grandmother seems to be doing just fine with her mom-and-pop ISP

    They must be some really old people.

  7. Re:That'll Never Work by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny
    OK, I give up. Refresh my memory. *What* did Microsoft innovate in the 1980's?

    Abusive market practices.

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