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Re: "This is not coherent. AOL doesn't gain a thing. You say they gain surfers who don't rely on AOL gateway. I don't understand your statement. I assume it means if AOL owns the NSCP browser, they can start excluding new subscribers from using MSFT's browser. AOL stated they had no such intent. They couldn't do it anyway. Must not mean that. How about new subscribers will choose AOL as their ISP because AOL owns NSCP. Huh?
What part is not coherent? The incoherence is on your part, uhhuhhuh.
You don't understand my statement? It has nothing to do with exclusion. It has nothing to do with ISPs? You obviously missed the point.
Let me preface response my first taking issue with your comment "I see the thread has picked up another collection of publicy inspired amateur traders. This would be the fifth wave. Guess we're getting close to a correction and a weeding out of the useless dross."
You referring to me? If you are, you REALLY don't know what you're talking about. I'm not a trader. And if you're a trader, which I think you are, you shouldn't be in such a tiz when someone challenges your opinion. Just trade & let your profits keep the score, right?
With that aside, my point was simple. Prior to the Netscape acquisition, AOL controlled the interface of it present subscriber base. It controls precisely what is seen when its subscribers connect to the Net. This did not apply to those subscribers who subcribe the "Bring Your Own Service" that AOL offers.
Subsequent to the Netscape acquisition, AOL gains Netscape Netcenter as an additional portal. AOL will gain access to those surfers who presently subscribe to other ISPs & who use Netscape as their browser. Now, admittedly, not all NSCP users rely upon Netcenter as their home page, but Netcenter's presence on the the Net has grown over the past year & does show itself via a variety of internet media. Netscape Messenger is one of them.
With AOL now controlling Netcenter, you can be sure its presence will grow. Interest in what the site has to offer will also grow. Hence, the acquisition will enable AOL to further grow its "control" over what surfers see on their computer screen when surfing the Net by building upon its substantial subscriber base by extending the AOL presence at the Netcenter site. |
