03-19-2004, 11:44 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Another possible Mega-Merger?
http://www.nypost.com/business/17300.htm
According to this article Time-Warner might have someone to sell AOL to: Microsoft!
Now, I'm scared of the implications - there being essentially one uber-internet provider?
Of course there are anti-trust issues that have to be resolved before this could go through.
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03-20-2004, 06:34 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Nah. I think AOL is an albatross at this point. Come to think of it, MSN is a albatross ISPwise. Combine the two and you'd have a disaster. :lol:
--janak
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03-22-2004, 10:40 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Since AOL is crap anyways, I wouldn't really care 
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03-22-2004, 10:59 PM
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Pontificator
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Well they are the two largest ISPs.
I know that Time-Warner tried to setup AOL as their corporate email provider at one point and failed miserably.
AOL and MSN have a big stronghold on the novice computer user though don't they?
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03-22-2004, 11:09 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Hopefully this is rumour. I'm not a fan of mega-mergers. I believe that, as companies get bigger and bigger and their reach gets wider and longer, it ultimately hurts the customer - at least in the long term.
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