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> On Tue, Nov 24, 1998 at 06:41:31PM -0800, Andreas Ramos wrote:
> > AOL is a far bigger threat to the web than Microsoft.
>
> I agree strongly with just about everything in this analysis. AOL has
> been a parasite on the web since the day it got plugged into the 'net --
> taking, taking, taking, and giving nothing in return but headaches,
> starting with their braindead browser and ending with their consistent
> practice of blaming other Internet sites/services for outages that
> are clearly AOL's fault. Their "AOL is the Internet" ad campaign
> is offensive. Their security is non-existent, their respect
> for privacy a joke, and their token anti-abuse efforts are ineffective.
> They consistently lie about their membership figures. They're still
> under investigation by a number of state attorney generals for their
> business practices, including their practice of continuing to charge
> members who cancel their service.
>
> I've even been forwarded copies of my own copyrighted FAQs that
> have had my information stripped off them and been relabeled as
> AOL's proprietary content.
>
> Yet AOL has its clueless newbie loyalist defenders who think that
> it is somehow the magical pinnacle of the 'net, and that Steve Case
> is a genius. Feh. Blech. And other terms of derision.
>
> > AOL always does things their way, and their way is secretive and stupid.
>
> This is the best one-line summary of AOL that I've ever seen.
>
> Rich Kulawiec / [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] /
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