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To: Brent D. Beal who wrote (8110)	2/23/1998 11:41:00 AM
From: steve lipson	Read Replies (1) of 13594

Oh Brent, still taking that narrow and unprofitable view, I see. From Robert Seidman, a fairly perceptive commentator on online businesses, and someone who has been quite brutal in his assessment of AOL when they deserve it: >>Even though AOL is now eking out a profit, cumulatively it's probably lost more than $1 billion. That's not really bad if you think about it. If Microsoft could've started from scratch by paying $1 billion to be the market leader, the only real online franchise, would it have paid that price? I'm betting it would've.<< onlineinsider.com This newsletter also discusses at length the reason that the telcos and other ISPs are overrated as a threat to AOL, even with AOL's rate increase. Just ask anyone if they remember that "great" CompuServe ad from the Super Bowl a year ago that hit AOL about its busy signals.

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