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Technology Stocks : America On-Line (AOL)
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To: SpongeBrain who wrote (2731)1/16/1999 1:38:00 PM
From: OD Bobo  Read Replies (1) of 41369
 
It's exactly this thinking that kept me out of AOL until I finally
came to my senses.

From an investing point of view AOL needs to be looked at for
what it is and what it is becoming, from the perspective of the
average computer user. Most people know less about computers
than they do about investing, and when they buy a new computer
and they want to go online, what are the only two words they
know? This has happened and will continue to happen, as the
computer/online population grows. This will add to AOL's
customer base, which is huge already and only getting bigger by
the day. It will take a long time to dismantle a customer base of
this size (can you say Microsoft?!), and AOL has enough resources
to adjust to the changes of the immediate future, whether it be cable or DSL or "whatever."

AOL's proprietary services are junk and anything they offer can
be found better on the web for free

I couldn't agree more. But that won't prevent it from growing and
growing and growing. I've told numerous friends and family the
same thing, I told them to talk to me before they go online and I'll
hook them up with a good ISP. Before I knew it I was getting
e-mail from everyone and their sister @ aol.com ...

Think as an investor.

all, of course, IMO
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