Actually I think he posted it here because that particular
webmaster is a member of this list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Renet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 12:59 AM
Subject: Re: Webmaster for webmaster.aol.com
> I know this is going to sound like I am Satan's helper,
but think of who you
> are dealing with Bob. You are trying to get results from
a company that
> instead of innovating and keeping thier browsers (both
inherent aol and
> netscape) updated, they decided to sue microsoft . The
same attitude that
> allowed IE to surpass netscape seems alive and well in
alot of other areas
> of AOL. Last year I started the process to buy the music
realistate and
> found them technologically sluggish. There have to be
hundreds of asp, c,
> java and perl developers working there that do not want to
or do not have
> the time to learn a new skill set.
>
> CF may be old for us, but its new to them. They are going
through massive
> re-structuring and other app server communities like
Broadvision et al want
> their attention also. So, I doubt you are going to see
much change from
> them for some time to come.
>
> AOL is a huge corporation and I have not seen innovation
there since AIM.
> Who knows, maybe the change to not caching cfm pages would
take hunders of
> man hours in assembly code on their double top secret
proprietary servers.
>
> I suppose when you add pioneers like Ted Turner and WEA's
Roger Aames to the
> mix, progression will eventually come.
>
> On the bright side of things, China and North Korea look
like PC, non-AOL
> markets to me.
>
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