July 6 2006

More in the context of "Do they know the way to San Jose?"

AOL built its business on three very useful functions:

1. Easy Access to the Internet

2. Email

3. Instant Messaging

Now with its business in the toilet – it is mulling making it free. Sadly again they just don’t get it. I still have an AOL subscription. It is for emergencies and I have not used the account in 2 years. I have only 1 (and I mean that) Compuserve email account that I have sent mail to in the last 3 years.

The world has moved on. Time to bury the memory of Steve Case

Cheers

Timothy

July 6, 2006

AOL is considering offering its services free to users with high-speed Internet connections, gambling that ad revenue will offset the loss of subscription fees.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, see:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB115215133247699165.html?mod=djemalert

Timothy J O'Neil-Dunne
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