On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:51:19 -0500, Goomba38
> scribbled some thoughts:


>George wrote:
>
>> A friend just got a cable modem because the cable co upgraded the system
>> where he lives. I stopped by the other night to set it up. He is an aol
>> user. He had to run out and when he came back I was using firefox to
>> browse some sites. He asked me "how can you be on the Internet without
>> using aol?". I asked him what he usually does when on line and showed
>> him the equivalent non aol method. It took about 15 minutes before he
>> picked up the phone and cancelled aol.
>
>But that ignores the fact that AOL used to provide
> come nice exclusive content. Message boards with
>moderation was good for kids and people not quite
>ready for USENET; easy to join moderated chats
>(not the same as the "pick up chat rooms",LOL) and
>the like. They now offer nothing that one can't
>find elsewhere. It didn't used to be that way.
>Goomba

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