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- TKDWILSON, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3How to save AOL and make it awsome.....
1. Reduce prices. Current prices are crazy.
2. Offer a light version and a bloated version. Give people what they want.
3. Combine more with Highspeed. It should be very very cheap if someone already has a connection.
4. AOL CD's. Put music on them from not well known private artists. Its cheap. It gives the artest promotion, it makes people want the darn things. Make it so every different type of CD is a different audio/ROM CD.
5. AOL needs to begin to move to become fully broadband. Otherwise it is just a matter of time.
6. Stop pretending to upgrade. AOL is the polar opposite of Google.
Google- None of our software is ever ready no matter how good it is!!!
AOL- We just made massive improvements you will not notice!!!!
Eric Wilson - hitchhiker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Google... don't be evil.... buy it!
- Calis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Talk about Beauty and the Beast.
- Jammerdelray, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If google buys aol they have to make a profit and that won't inlude drasticly reducing broadband prices....but they will make aol better, you can count on that. Icq is tied directly to aol....Netscape is owned by aol and netscape has control of aim so yea if they buy aol aim, aol and icq all will be googles
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yes...Yes..my dreams are coming true no more fixing computers that use aol!
I hope they do this big time! - sahaskatta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i hope we don't start recieveing Google Desktop CDs in the mail! (ex: 100 hrs free of preimum google earth!)
- tboutcher, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why oh why didn't i buy stock in google at $87 a share
- notkevin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1lol I hope this happens. I can't wait to see google dorks rush out and get accounts with once hated AOL. The google myopia is unbelievable.
- kACE, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Just reading the word AOL gives me shivers down my spine. Glad to live in Norway. ;)
- RAT-Man, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Microsoft better buy it up. Probably not the best purchase they can make, but MS can't afford to lose it to Google.
- apg88, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Arent they also buying fiber optic lines all over the country too??
- robotplague, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Whoa crap, I heard about Google possibly losing a ton without AOL...but I never thought they would just go ahead and buy them out.
- G-RaZoR, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0haha this is awesome.
- cuoops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I was going to submit this 2 days ago but someone beat me to it.
- canon66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Those these means that AIM will be part of Google Talk?"
I was thinking the same thing (err, sorta...), enable a gateway at first then slowly convert AIM over to jabber, I'd love to get everyone I know switched over to jabber. - anagami, on 07/02/2008, -0/+0Those these means that AIM will be part of Google Talk?
- KelteN, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Oh god. Google shall save another for hundred-thousand souls.
- FishyJoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AOL did so well for Time-Warner...
- frontbrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How would an MS acquisition of AOL affect Mozilla and Firefox? Was Mozilla fully spun off from AOL, or is it a subsidiary?
I wouldn't think this would matter because the code was GPLed. Once something is GPL-ed I don't think you can un-GPL it. - frontbrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0On TWiT they talked of a rumor about Google buying Yahoo, I doubt they can afford to buy both. Interesting anyway. Google furthers its plans for global domination....
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If Google is truly building a nationwide wireless ISP, as is being rumored these days, then picking up a major ISP like AOL might look to be a good match initially. I'm not sure Google needs AOL, though, since they are already a brand powerhouse.
How would an MS acquisition of AOL affect Mozilla and Firefox? Was Mozilla fully spun off from AOL, or is it a subsidiary? - Mongoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Go Google! AIM + Google Talk = decent IM?
- tj9991, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe they could make AOL better...
...oh wait, thats impossible - Tela428, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i believe AOL initially gave a 2mil grant to mozilla foundation to get started and also gave them the open netscape client, which is mozilla. but now it seems mozilla is on their own. not sure if msn would get anythign related to mozilla
- Darkspyder86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0please google fix AOL
- Tela428, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AIM is definetely owned by AOL and would be included in teh package along with MovieFone, Netscape, Compuserve, ICQ, Winamp amongst many others..
- kungfustickman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe I'm being a bit cruel. They should buy it and kill it! Either that or take all their AIM users.
- frontbrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe not GPLed but and opensource license anyway.
- ricodued, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I don't think AIM would come as part of AOL.
As far as I know, AIM is owned and operated by Netscape, not AOL. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Buy it and kill it!
- kobs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For all you cluebies, if Google does "buy" AOL, I assume that includes ATDN (AOL Transit Data Network), which is a global OC192 backbone. Therefore, they would not have to start laying their own / buying fiber routes. I highly doubt this though.
- kobs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Also, to add more to the doubt, ATDN provides transit to most of the Time Warner subsidiaries.
- RWVolkl158, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm just wondering what happens if/when Google does owns or replaces most of the major players in the internet of today... Will they still be the relatively honest, trustworthy company they have the reputation of now, or will they become the new "evil monopoly"?
- CaptSnuffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i hope they buy it and trash it
AOL is what allows idiots who type with one finger to use the internet
please, think of the children - reddomaha, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It would be better for Google to find a way to make up the $380 million dollar loss. In fact, they could have blinders on, and not cannot see a bigger potential client.
- snapcase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hmm, it would be cool if they bought it. But I don't trust anything that comes from Cnet since they rarely research their articles. Cnet needs to die. Cool digg anyway.
- angelwspr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0so google aol time warner..? sweeeeeeeeeeeet !!!
- Web_Weasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0If Google removed all the suck from AOL what would be left? A few million useless coasters?
- treelovinhippie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'd support Google over Microsoft any time!
- hypercrypt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Would be great!!!
- Lynxpro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Following the acquisition of AOL, I think they'd want to encourage T-Mobile USA to part with their hot spot business. Think about it, unlimited wifi at Starbucks if you have a Google/AOL account. No more ridiculous $50 per month fees.
- gregschoen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This just in: "Google changes name to Umbrella Corp"
Seriously, though, this would actually be really cool, AOL a 977k download. That would be pretty cool. - maddog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ballmer said he's going to kill Google.
at least now we know they are not kidding, they're trying. - imweip, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Am I the only one that sees that the little scuffle MS and Google have been having lately is escalating into an all out war? Google just sold a bunch more stock to get the money for this acquisition just so they don't lose to MS... Remember the quote of one of the MS executives saying he was going to bury google (from the whole lawsuit over the guy in china google headhunted)? I'm glad to see someone is taking on MS, but I don't know if Google can do it, but I hope they can.
- Lynxpro, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hope Google buys AOL. The AOL brand could be used for the wireless ISP. It still befuddles me why AOL didn't jump into public wifi (like get free access to hot spots if you were an AOL member) at the same time T-Mobile did. Probably the idiotic Time Warner board said "no". I can't see Steve Case saying no to that but he's been sidelined.
Google takes over development of AIM. Google open sources WinAMP. Google integrates Digital Cities. And Google's "Netscape" browser debuts. Furthermore, Google works more closely with TiVo which AOL owned a good chunk of.
People, this is awesome. What should-have-been with the AOL Time Warner merger could finally be realized...a serious competitor that can beat the cash out of Microsoft. - scairborn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Google did just sell of $4 Billion to generate capitol to spend on something huge. They're buying up fiber, providing free wi-fi, then possibly buy AOL? That would be a great back bone to create the WebOS. And think of all the other acquisitions it would have. Winamp. Netscape. AIM. And then theres the stock. If they bought AOL their stock prices would surge another 30-40points minimum.
- dbr_onix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"lol I hope this happens. I can't wait to see google dorks rush out and get accounts with once hated AOL." haha, yeh :D
Anyway, I hope, if google do buy AOL, they completly overhaul it..
Hmm, AOL own lots of fireoptic backbone-type stuff, and google buying lots of fire.. Interesting, no? :)
- Ben - afinemetsfan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Hey all those AOL shares that I have may finally be worth something.
- Jules, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0ehh.. google and ms are the same anyway, i dont care who buys aol.
- gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hope they make it better and cheaper! If they do that I might get a AOL dsl account
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