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To: SpongeBrain who wrote (2741)	1/16/1999 10:43:00 AM
From: Jeffrey Boggis	Respond to of 41369

From an investing standpoint, I thought that way about a year ago, and wish I hadn't. I thought that people who subscribed to AOL would move on to more challenging ISP's such as mindspring or others. Some have, but most people are hesitant to change and they get into their comfort zones. The novice web user signs onto AOL for the first time and generally stays there. They keep adding new subscriber at a rate of about 32,500 per day. They are definately retaining their customers! With the additon to the S&P 500 and possible 2-1 stock split in the coming months, the "bull herd" will lift AOL to new highs in the following weeks and months. Just buy a 100 shares and put it away and you'll do fine. That's my opinion. Jeff in Atlanta

To: SpongeBrain who wrote (2741)	1/16/1999 1:24:00 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

SpongeBrain, the ease of use of MS has made it widely acceptable to computer users. This is because 80% of the computer users are computer literate but not computer savvy. Bill Gates realized this early on when Apple was on its downward slide. So he picked up where Apple left off. So granted Windows is a piece of junk. Nobody wants to use it in mission-critical applications (missile guidance, real-time computing etc.) But an investor does not consider this. An investor is not an engineer. So the same 80% who have embraced a piece of junk (MS Windows) because of its "ease of use" are the ones that will embrace AOL, which according to you is a piece of junk. THE FACTS OF INVESTING. Chinmoy

To: SpongeBrain who wrote (2741)	1/16/1999 2:25:00 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 41369

They just want to be differentr for the sake of being nonconforminst. (I would guess that Mac people are that to the next degree, but I dont know any, or even used one , so I'll shut about that topic. ) This is dangerous in the computing indistry, as the name of the game is standards. Yea yea, people will argue that MS is the definition of nonstandard. This is really not the issue but the majority of the first subscribers to AOL were Mac users. The percentage of Mac users was so high that the newest AOL software was created for the Mac first. DOS people used CompuServe. It was text based. For your information which has nothing to do with the success of AOL, Windows 98 is an excellent copy of the Mac operating system. I use both daily and do not really have a preferance. I would not go as far as to say Mac users are non nonconformists. The cabilities of both operating systems are the same. Windows has far more applications due to the larger user base but the added number are duplications of some type of competing product that does the same thing. One exception I have noted, there is no Signal Online for the Mac and some plugins are not written for the Mac. I am not biased either way as to which platform is better. I can tell you that the Mac operating system has the driver components better integrated into the operating system particularly when it comes to networking. Windows has its adantages too. Glenn

To: SpongeBrain who wrote (2741)	1/16/1999 4:36:00 PM
From: Keith Hankin	Respond to of 41369

Cyber community? Why limit yourself to a subset? Actually, you've got it backwards. By not begin an AOL subscriber, you are limiting yourself to a subset. Some of what is available on AOL is only available to subscribers, whereas there is nothing on the Internet that is not also available to AOL subscribers. Thus, AOL subscribers have a superset of what is available to non-AOL subscribers.

To: SpongeBrain who wrote (2741)	3/27/1999 3:34:00 AM
From: SpongeBrain	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

============TO OTHERS WHO ALSO KNOW AOL IS JUNK I finally see some others who dont see AOL with such starry eyes as the media, herd traders and fund managers.....Finally! First, let me say that I've learned that AOL, the company has NOTHING to do with AOL, the stock. Apples and oranges... I've dug out a few of my old posts to see if the debate would revive, not that the thread is much more active. Message 7318186 Message 7320526 NSCP buyout, what a JOKE !! Message 7322595 Message 7324672 Again, this is discussion of AOL the company, not AOL the stock. These are 2 unrelated matters, as any experieced trader knows.