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To: Lorare who wrote (2704)	4/5/1997 2:02:00 PM
From: Todd Daniels	of 13594

>I think an important point that many miss here is that >AOL is not for everybody, just the fairly unsophisticated amongst >us. That this number will probably grow to be around 70-80% of all >computer users is significant A recent Neilsen survey reports that by far the largest increase in new users of the Internet is coming not from home but via access from work, school, libraries, etc. To the extent that people get educated about the Internet in that way, the value of AOL's `Internet for dummies' packaging diminishes. Then there's colleges, where the Internet has become part of the very fabric. Colleges graduate 800,000 a year -- the largest single source of formation of new households. And, of course, the Internet itself is becoming easier and easier by the day. Just look at the development of Yahoo. Why is Motley Fool investing big to move to the web? AOL's proprietary content requirements are becoming a huge achilles heel.

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