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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...?
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To: John Filicky who wrote (989)1/10/1997 12:07:00 AM
From: jack rand   of 13594
 
>AOL supplies the memory for storing the posts in the MF. In other
>words, AOL controls the handling of the posts. MF just oversees the
>boards.

Of course! So, AOL has the computers. So what? That's far cry from:

>>If the boards accessable on the web, AOL will receive revenues from >>theFool.

>Limited access does mean -- not the same as what is avaiable on
>Fool-AOL! It may be nonsense to assume that this will be the same in
>the Fool-Yahoo announcement, but I am going with what conclusions I
>know and find it hard to believe MF will start the same routine
>seperate from the ongoing routine it thrives on now.

Wanna bet? They get potential audience of entire Internet,
I'm sure a better $ split deal with Yahoo than with AOL, and
AOL is no position but to keep them on AOL. Fool wins both ways.

IOW, the boards will be different but the same.
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