re: hoodoo
> It is not the fact of too much power in one place, it is the misuse of it
> that is so detrimental.
Well, I think many times the concentration of power in one place is what
leads to its misuse.
re: sterling
> This is the very thing I always hear... not a real service, wont let you
access info from the outside, yada yada yada...
> I have found not one instance where this is true. It is true that they do
not allow advertising "inside their walls" from competitors... does
Microsoft run ads for
> Apple? Epson for HP? Prodigy for MSN? NBC for FOX? etc.
> What really amazes me is that noone seems to be willing to acknowledge
that AOL is based on MSIE instead of Netscape (which AOL owns) Hmmmm.
Dude, you are so wrong. AOL is NOT based on MSIE. However, the default
browser for AOL is MSIE. That is a big difference. And it has been this
way ever since AOL signed a binding contract with Microsoft a long time ago,
5 years now?. Once the contract with Microsoft runs out AOL will switch to
their own version of Netscape. This is probably one of the main reasons
that AOL bought Netscape in the first place. They wanted to have a fully
customizable option to IE once the contract ran out.
The original interface for AOL was proprietary software written by AOL's
software engineers. This software handled connecting to the different POP
(Points of Presence) which AOL piggy-backed on, e.g. Sprint, etc.
> I've read many, many articles about AOL, read thru ALL of several anti-AOL
websites.
> I'm starting to get the feeling that AOL's largest shortcoming, like
Microsoft, is the fact that they are the "big boy on the block" which only
guarantees their seat as > the most targeted by hackers and nay-sayers.
I wouldn't say that their largest shortcoming is that they are too big. I
believe that is one of many shortcomings. Truly informed 'nay sayers'
target Microsoft and AOL because they offer an inferior product. Accesing
the Internet through an Online Service like AOL is inferior to to accessing
through a standard ISP.
Later,
Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoodoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 03:25 PM
Subject: Re: * informant * Recent letter to my ISP
> It is not the fact of too much power in one place, it is the misuse of it
> that is so detrimental.
>
> When I purchased my first personal computer (about 14 years ago) I
> subscribed to The Source which was bought out by Compu$erve. I have since
> tried out most every big online service, except, I missed out on GEnie.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Geiser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Sometimes I think people dislike AOL for the same reason they dislike
> > Microsoft. Too much power in one place. Before the Internet became
> popular
> > there were a number of online services, AOL, CompuServe, Genie and
> Prodigy,
> > and perhaps a few others which were short lived.
>
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