On Wed, 30 May 2001 23:58:13 -0400, DeMoN_LaG
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> somehow managed to type:
>AOL already said no to their renewal. They said something to the affect
>of "We don't need your adverising". Which they don't. They have, what,
>9.2 ^ 10 users or something? Why advertise anymore?
I don't know about the USA, but they're carpet-bombing the TV with adverts
in Australia, and you can still wallpaper your room with free AOL
CDs. There's two sitting in my mailbox at the moment because I haven't
emptied the junk mail for a while.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/578362.asp?cp1=1
"Microsoft, AOL near Windows pact.
AOL will be bundled with XP and will distribute IE browser."
This is the last I heard of it. Is there more recent news that I've
missed?
>AOL wants to put a Gecko based browser in AOL because A) AOL for
>Linux/BeOS/FreeBSD/Anything. B) AOL owns Netscape, why would they
>continue to use their competitor's product in their service?
In exchange for an _incredible_ amount of exposure through bundling with
Windows.
Charles Miller.
