[DesScorp]

Google is today what AOL was in the 90's. So take heart, like AOL, they won't last.

[psychoknk]

Google is today what AOL was in the 90's. So take heart, like AOL, they won't last.

Can I call you on that in ten years? Google has a different market than AOL; AOL was a service provider for dial-up. It was just a matter of time before dial-up went extinct, and AOL did not diversify into broadband (they just "piggybacked" other broadband suppliers, charging $5 a month extra for their software). Google, on the other hand, has something that probably won't go extinct: a search engine. Theirs is the dominant search engine, and I don't see that changing. In addition, Google is branching out. Some of those branches are probably dead ends, but many of them are and will be successful. Google is here to stay, like it or not.

[Justa]

Google (and its cash) only has to last another 3 years. Then they will license one of the (few) spectrums currently used by analogue t.v. and become a WiMax broadcaster. Imagine free broadband Internet, video, music and television out to 25 miles on the Google channel, all accessible from a laptop.

[psychoknk]

> Google is today what AOL was in the 90’s. So take heart, like AOL, they won’t last.

It’s been 10 years. Looks like I was right and you two were wrong. Everyone who compared Google and AOL missed the whole point. You made classic mistake of believing your opponent was stupid.