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Technology Stocks : America On-Line: will it survive ...? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sam who wrote (10410)	6/24/1998 11:17:00 AM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13594

Sam, < AOL and Digital Courier $12 million dollar deal..> I must admit, I'm impressed. The growing power of Aol continues to amaze me and, contrary to popular opinion here, I am not an Aol short. What I am, though, is an old fashioned anti-monopolist and there is no doubt that Aol appears to fast becoming a monopoly. Great if you're an Aol shareholder, bad if you're an idealist. In my opinion, Case/Pitman are pursuing the 'Worlds largest newspaper' concept with a new twist. Newspapers also financially survive by their advertising revenue, but this is the first time in history that a newspaper can command an equity position from its advertising clients. Wow, the customer pays Aol $12mi, and also has to give them a piece of the action. That's POWER.