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To: Tom Tallant who wrote (26751)	7/24/1999 9:41:00 PM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (2) of 41369

Tom I'm not sure if this a positive or a negative but here goes.>> I bought my first PC in 1996........soon afterwards I downloaded a program from icq.com Two years later I see that AOL has bought them out. They call it ICQ or AOL Instant Messaging. I do not use AOL as I am not a person who likes boundaries. I do not want to navigate the web through a portal as I find them slow. I have and pay for 2 ISP connections and have by-passed the software of them both. The bottom line is you do not need AOL to use IM. On the other hand if you use ICQ you are an AOL hit. AOL wins either way. The same can be said for free US ISPs. They use Netscape as their portal onto the web. AOL owning Netscape wins this battle as well. Now we have cable vs wireline.................the Hughes deal trumps that and all others. Vendit

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