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To: David Nelson who wrote (21303)	4/21/2000 3:27:00 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 29970

Some will use @Home precisely because it is not AOL. I know that is a fact that is hard to fathom if you think AOL is the best thing since sliced bread. Some of the things that you say you love about it are exactly what makes people like me cringe. Say I'm a geek, but we're becoming a nation of geeks. I've set up my share of newbies on AOL, so I've helped create the monster. All I know is, if the Internet became AOL tomorrow I'd turn off my computer for good. Don't underestimate this sentiment, it is real. To think @Home needs to become more like AOL to survive in a world where broadband is a commodity is extremely short sighted. Perhaps AOL needs to become more like @Home to survive in a world where open is essential. @Home needs some level of the service that newbie's feel comfortable with, like their proprietary browser interface. Others of us would prefer that they follow the high road and give us an interface that is fast and customizable and not loaded down with a lot of dubious "content".

To: David Nelson who wrote (21303)	4/21/2000 5:02:00 PM
From: gpowell	Respond to of 29970

Because competetion at that level is what will be necessary to succeed. What level, content? Broadband will become a commodity! And because of deregulation, the pie will eventually be sliced up into many tiny little pieces. You didn't understand my comments concerning facility. It appears to be outside your perception range, for now. ATHM has the opportunity to play with the big boys or atrophy as competitors erode their market share, and close their window of opportunity. This is a meaningless statement. Time will prove you wrong and no amount of citations from other gearhead sources can change human nature! Meaningless statement. This argument reminds me of the DOS guys that said Windows will never make it because the mouse will get in the way. By the way, IBMs latest release of DOS 2000 is shipping. Some people just can't see the forest for the trees. You didn't understand my statement, so how can you compare it to anything. Technology in a vacuum is a vacuum tube, get it! The worlds best photon detectors are made from vacuum tubes, they are made from solid state devices separated by a vacuum envelope, the gain is from an impact ionization process - noise factors as low as 1.012 are achieved. Technology in a vacuum is state of the art, in fact. Guess what? You buy them all the time, you just don't know it. Phone companies will always be phone companies! Cable companies will always be cable companies. So what does spouting drivel about RBOCS and the last mile have to do with people's eyeballs and wallets. If you want to invest in content, please do. You are suggesting that speed alone will be the motivating factor in winning the eyeballs of the world. I am stating that speed is relative and that ATHM will squander their franchase if they don't offer more. That is not what I suggested at all. You are spouting all the cliches of a dotcom head. ATHM has the early lead, but then, so did CP/M, at one time. Your continuous use of specious persuasive comparisons is getting tiresome. It indicates you have turned off your critical thinking abilities and are just replaying a script.