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To: Vendit™ who wrote (7169)	3/19/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Wow what a forward thinking company. Very impressive. Great article, thanks. Freeus

To: Vendit™ who wrote (7169)	3/19/1999 1:59:00 PM
From: tang	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 41369

Vendit, regarding AOL's ICQ, I have the following thought: My daughter used to 'not knowing what to do with the Internet' since she was a 10 years old kid, she used to go to the Nick site or Toy's site to find a level-1 game to play alone and gave up quickly... She was not able to talk to all her friends on the net because lengthy emil addresses ... Suddenly, she found the AOL's ICQ 2 years back (don't know she found it out herself or from friends), her life has been changed forever and she needs the Internet more than she needs us, the parents, why? Her friends from school formed a message circle, and they are doing instant messages, it is like a conference call! This is specially intensified when it rains, snows outside or she just don't want go outside, she always has someone available in that chat room... Now, the internet makes sense to her, it is a necessity! The way I see it is AOL's brand name has been imbedded in my daughter's mind, it too imbedded in her friends and other kids or ... and when they grows up, having family, having kids, what do they think about providing their kids? AOL! It took tons of $ to make almost everyone on earth to pronounce 'Cola', to pronounce 'IBM', to pronounce 'Microsoft', 'AT&T', 'GE' ... and AOL is doing it for the next and next and next generations to come, that is tremendous business potential! Someone may argue, well, YAHOO has it now, MSN has it now, but AOL's ICQ is the first that captured the millions of young minds, as long as AOL's ICQ remains technical superior, adding new functions such as voice mail, phone, fax, geez..., I am not worry about the competition because the eyeball goes to the tech-savy and I believe the AOL's ICQ is the next generation PORTAL model! I am glad that I have jumped on the AOL wagon, I may miss the first few years but I am determined to ride the wagon to the high plain...