Posted on 08/04/2006 1:00:19 PM PDT by Zakeet
The announcement of free storage follows AOL's huge plans to re-invent itself fully with mostly free services. A key feature will be a major, free video service, where users can see on-demand TV shows from a wide variety of providers, upload their own videos, and search the Web for clips.
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And imagine adding the amazing new hi tech feature of being able to "search the Web for clips." What will those giant brains think of next.
Considering AOL's product mix and outstanding corporate leadership, providing they haven't already tanked, AOL is an excellent stock to short.
Well, it's not TOTALLY free - the user still has to pay shipping charges for 3,571 floppy disks...
Not even for free.
5GB worth of hard-drive costs about $5. What they give away for "free" isn't worth much.
It would make more sense if they would offer AOL subscribers what they really need.
A CLUE.
I don't have AoHell never did, as a PC Tech I never understood the allure to pay for something (an interface) that is unnecassary and basically free, but I digress....I was once told that you could not reach the wepage aolsu*ks.com, anyone know whether or not that is true, like Google are THEY filtering what is provided to paid subscribers?
In other news, the "A" in AOL now stands for "Adware".
Still, I can't figure out why anyone in their sane mind would use A(censored) Online...8^)
Heck, all they're doing is "giving away" the spare space on their servers that has been created from the loss of subscribers.
I bought a Maxtor 250GB SATA at Frys for $80.
Even better, I bought a Maxtor PORTABLE USB hard drive that holds 300 gig for $200. My whole life, in my hands, or in the off-site storage safe, or in the car, or...whereever I go! Gotta love it.
Good God. Turning 500 AOL employees loose on an unsuspecting public borders on crimes against humanity. Couldn't they just enromb the entire place in concrete? I can just see it now:
They: Would you like fries with that?
You: No, thanks.
They: What do you normally eat with your burger?
You: HUH?
They: Do you have something agaist fries in general or is it only Burger King's fries? How about I give you today's fries for free, and I'll just make a little note here that you want fries every time you come through the drive through.
You: I don't want the freakin fries!!!!!
They: Sir, if you don't stop using abusive language, I won't be able to serve you. I'll have to transfer you to a manager. Please hold...
Just for nostalgia's sake, is Compuserve still around? I used to be on it, and at one time, it was really good. The old CIS.
I remember a time when you had to type everything. Remember, what were they called, monitors with just words or type on them? In one color? It was hot to have an amber monitor rather than black and white or green.
Am I old or what? "It was 20 years ago, when the band begin to play"
AOL bought Compuserve.
Brings back memories. I bought my first hard drive from a seller on Compuserve's mall. $300 for a 20 meg 5 1/4" drive.... and it was a bargain.
Nothing like reading message boards using a 300 baud modem, paying something like 25 cents a minute for access.
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