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To: fut_trade who wrote (36082)	12/29/1999 1:07:00 AM
From: Mary Baker	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 41369

Whoa...what hogwash! I have been an AOL subscriber for 9 years...and frankly I rarely use AOL proprietary content. I surf the web like everyone else. It has an address line on the top like every other browser out there. I type the www address and go. Frankly, I don't know what AOL has to offer because as a lame brain I haven't bothered to find out...I am too busy surfing the web like all the rest of you, the NON-AOL way. I have not used AOL calendar, pictures, chat rooms, news files, newsgroups nothing!! Ridiculous nonsense...bah humbug...golly gosh I wonder how I got here to Silicon Investor??? (scratch head) I think AOL is in a massive of bubble supported by a large, lame group of subscribers. I'm curious to see how AOL evolves over the next year, when, if ever, AOL subscribers become enlightened.

To: fut_trade who wrote (36082)	12/29/1999 7:46:00 AM
From: linsol	Respond to of 41369

That's true, that many AOL users don't venture out into the web. My 16 year old only uses it to download music. She mostly uses the computer to talk to 5 or 6 high school friends at the same time. She has told me that if I stop using AOL she "would never be home". When she needs to do research she calls me to help find info. My twin brothers (age 27) both just bought their first computers (Compaq). They got a $400. discount from Circuit City for signing up with Compuserve for a few years. The main reason they purchased a computer? To be able to invest online. They want me to come over and teach them how to surf the web's financial sites. They each have kids under 6. I believe, by the next generation, EVERYONE will have to be on the web. Unless the other ISP's figure out how to work better with AOL's IM they won't last.