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CEO Calls For AOL Paradigm Shift
An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times is reporting that Jonathan Miller, AOL's chief executive, is calling for the effective dismantling of marketing for their dialup service. In a new plan to be presented to the Time Warner board in a couple of weeks, Miller outlines a new direction for AOL which moves towards using advertising as the main source of revenue while offering most everything they have (software, AOL.com email addresses, etc) for free."
Free is still too expensive.
Disable the log-out button.
Yes, you can dance to Radiohead.
My god, I hope they still give away CDs! I may never finish decorating my dorm now...
So...AOL users will finally get their money's worth?
Today, I felt a great disturbance in the force...
It was as if millions of mail carriers suddenly cried out, then, peaceful silence.
All I can say about this "Jonathan Miller" is that he's an incredible visionary and way ahead of his time.
For those unfamiliar with his vision for the future, Mr. Miller would replace our telephone modulator-demodulators with an "Ethernet" entering the home over thick black cables -- or perhaps even copper telephone wiring!
Anyone the world over could view America OnLine's pictures through an interconnected "Web" of compters independent of the company. They could even manipulate America OnLine's own computers to "search" this "Web!" How very generous!!
This new vision for inter-networking has already caught on with the kids, who have crowned it "CyberWeb 2.0" or somesuch.
I would explain further, but I must telegraph my stockbroker posthaste, to see if we can't convince this America OnLine to detach itself from old Time Inc. and sell off its own shares! It's growth potential is simply ex-plosive!
Posting via dictaphone,
Charles Fornwall Huston XII
"AOL Paradigm Shift"
How did that letter 'f' get in there?
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
Calling Yahoo...
User: "I'm so sick of my free yahoo e-mail! Stop bothering me! And while you're at it, I don't want that Yahoo Instant Messenger, either!"
Yahoo: "Uh, sir, it's free...just stop using it...."
User: "Khaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
Does this mean Eternal September is almost over? ;)
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You see, thats your problem. You dont understand AOL, the monkeys may eat the cherry but they _fling_ crap, its the user base stoopid.
That bothers me almost as much as adults being exposed to PR. But at least one can educate the children.
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