AOL vs MS

by Maarten Goldstein, May 13, 2001 8:07am PDT

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By: Terrible Tom x Show Full Post

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Sorry Im on Boycott of MicroShit products.
You will all wake up some day after you realize how bad youve had it up your asses.
Once they get a grip on all markets and can spoon feed you their garbage they wont
even be able to steal any good products because noone will bother to make them.
This IS!!!!!!! already happening DOH!!!!!!
Oh yes BTW your MS licence is about to run out. You may renew it for a small sum.
Oh yes and we want money for that one and that one and that one......NO!!!!
you cant use that... If you do we will render it useless in our OS!!! It us or Bust.

Sorry I cant wait till the public wises up. What a bunch of Dumb asses.
TT

May 14, 2001 7:34am PDT

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Sorry Im on Boycott of MicroShit products. You will all wake up some day after you realize how bad youve... : Terrible Tom
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- I could care less. Both companies are big corporate monopolies. No offense to any of you MS haters... : LOD-Glock

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THIS IS A WIN WIN SITUATION!!!
THE REAL WINNERS ARE THE CONSUMERS!!!

I'M A FILTHY LIAR!!!

May 13, 2001 5:32pm PDT

THIS IS A WIN WIN SITUATION!!! THE REAL WINNERS ARE THE CONSUMERS!!! I'M A FILTHY LIAR!!! : Gerudo

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By: Anti_dentite x Show Full Post

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Someone here at the shack should make a basic messanger program. Nothing fancy, just the basic message and file send. It wouldn't be that tough for someone "in the know", would it?

May 13, 2001 4:44pm PDT

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Someone here at the shack should make a basic messanger program. Nothing fancy, just the basic message a... : Anti_dentite
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  it's extremely easy, the problems are having the bandwidth for a server and convincing people to use you... : inferno73
  - well it would only be for shackers or a small group : Anti_dentite

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I think both compagnies are dying. Nothing new here. Most computer companies have a life of about 30 years. After that, they just dissepear. MS and AOL are just trying to survive. Hey look, I haven't heard yet something really cool from MS and AOL for a while. There is no MS products out there that will change the computer world like WIN98. Their last OS is almost like win2000. Same apply to AOL... I think some form of Linux will destroy MS and AOL one day. In my case, I am just waiting for more games, emulators, softwares, and video players on Linux to switch OS.

May 13, 2001 4:36pm PDT

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I think both compagnies are dying. Nothing new here. Most computer companies have a life of about 30 year... : yes4me
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- uh, what about ibm? They've been around more then 30 years : Anti_dentite
- that is far too 'optimistic'. Some supportors of linux & the like seem to expect them to bring a bout so... : A-54

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By: indeego x Show Full Post

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I like MSN messenger, Hate ICQ, but I'm not sticking with msn if it gets bloated and intrusive.

May 13, 2001 4:49pm PDT

I like MSN messenger, Hate ICQ, but I'm not sticking with msn if it gets bloated and intrusive. : indeego

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By: Torias x Show Full Post

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RE: ICQ being bloated.

answer is just use a really old verion... 99a... isn't as bloated and doesn't support their silly ads....

May 13, 2001 3:57pm PDT

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- Or use that low memory version of icq I saw out there, not sure what the addy for the page is anymore, l... : Anti_dentite

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By: sur3sh0t x Show Full Post

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This whole thing could get really interesting if AOL decides to whip up a new OS to wrap around their services.

Did I just say "whip up a new OS"?

May 13, 2001 4:24pm PDT

This whole thing could get really interesting if AOL decides to whip up a new OS to wrap around their ser : sur3sh0t

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By: aliengrey x Show Full Post

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aol are a bunch of whining bitches.. they are more of monopolists or what the fuck ever then ms are

waaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

May 13, 2001 11:48am PDT

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aol are a bunch of whining bitches.. they are more of monopolists or what the fuck ever then ms are wa... : aliengrey
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  wake up.. saying AOL is more monopolistic than MS is dumb : Spang
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    tell me which company currently has the most control over instant messaging? Who is complaining because ... : tension
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      Yeah, I felt exactly the same way when I quit using it (and switched to AIM) about a year and a half ago... : scrain
      
      ICQ has lots of shit in it that I don't want, and it's difficult or impossible to disable some of it. ... : dognose

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By: kaber x Show Full Post

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icq is tight

May 13, 2001 2:36pm PDT

icq is tight : kaber

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By: The Philosopher x Show Full Post

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Hmmm ie pretty much dominates internet browsing. If they integrate the IM program into windows they will dominate that sector to

May 13, 2001 1:54pm PDT

Hmmm ie pretty much dominates internet browsing. If they integrate the IM program into windows they will... : The Philosopher

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By: inwreck x Show Full Post

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Aol and microsoft will only die when human cease to exist

May 13, 2001 1:27pm PDT

Aol and microsoft will only die when human cease to exist : inwreck

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By: tension x Show Full Post

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I would rather have MS in charge of the Instant messaging department over AOL anyday. Die AOL die.

May 13, 2001 12:53pm PDT

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I would rather have MS in charge of the Instant messaging department over AOL anyday. Die AOL die. : tension
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- really the only way AOL will die is word of mouth on how shitty their service is in comparison to others : hunterkiller

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By: black x Show Full Post

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It's kind of shocking that most of you are saying aol sucks ass, and fuck aol. Yea, aol sucks cock but the bigger problem is why microsoft wasnts to rule the world and everyone in it and you guys keep sucking it up. Did I mention that Galeon in the new mandrake 8.0 kicks netscape/IE's ass? Oh yea, Linux sucks, I forgot.

May 13, 2001 12:37pm PDT

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It's kind of shocking that most of you are saying aol sucks ass, and fuck aol. Yea, aol sucks cock but th... : black
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- Yeah I see AOL's business practices (buy everything and everyone) as less evil than Microsoft's : dognose
- linux is such a geeks OS. i tried mandrake 7.2, it wasnt impressive to me at all. I have to admit that t... : tension

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By: hunterkiller x Show Full Post

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AOL must die.
thank you

May 13, 2001 12:23pm PDT

AOL must die. thank you : hunterkiller

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By: The_FrO x Show Full Post

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Oh, did I mention that Netscape sucks ass?

for some reason, my University feels that they should push Netscape 4.7 on EVERYONE. When you install their package of software, it installs Netscape and makes it your default browser by default.

And, some of the labs don't install anything BUT Netscape. That's such a crock of shit.

May 13, 2001 12:23pm PDT

Oh, did I mention that Netscape sucks ass? for some reason, my University feels that they should push ... : The_FrO

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By: Fpsnut x Show Full Post

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If you use AIM, can you still interact with ICQ users? I'm kind of sick of ICQ and how it locks up browser on incoming message when I play yahoo games.

May 13, 2001 11:43am PDT

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If you use AIM, can you still interact with ICQ users? I'm kind of sick of ICQ and how it locks up brows... : Fpsnut
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- no, AIm and ICQ don't interact with each other : Ass Cobra

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By: TwiLyght x Show Full Post

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rofl.. a battle of who you hate more, aol or ms?

May 13, 2001 8:35am PDT

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rofl.. a battle of who you hate more, aol or ms? : TwiLyght
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  I'd say AOL. Not all MS products are bad. I am using a MS OS (Win2k), and if I didn't like it I wouldn'... : astral
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    Well it is not a fair comparison because AOL doesnt have any products just Services. (well except IM ma... : Spang
- Al Gore or George Bush? ExACTLY. : DeBurgo

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By: CerealSam x Show Full Post

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I'll keep using AIM (the only thing about AOL that rules, anyway)... 'cause Microsoft will do something stupid like open their instant messaging service to scripting. Thereby allowing the worlds first mass, instantaneous shutdown of everyone connected to the internet as a hacker creates a script to immediately send the entire contents of everyones harddrives to everyone else in their IM address list.

so tell me again why they allow scripting in emails? morons.

May 13, 2001 10:32am PDT

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I'll keep using AIM (the only thing about AOL that rules, anyway)... 'cause Microsoft will do something s : CerealSam
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  Hmm I smoking some very good stuff here and my head is a little fucked up. So could you explain me this ... : .css
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    Hehe. The most effective viruses from the last few years have been scripting viruses passed through ema... : CerealSam
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      what about when people get paranoid? : inwreck
      
      It's only paranoia if they're not out to get you. : CerealSam
    - Ah oke , but well I'm sure they will prevent direct access to HD. Its like with the design editor hidden... : .css

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By: fat mike x Show Full Post

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why is aol mad that xp will have dvd and cdrw integrated? I thought they had nothing to do with that sort of stuff

May 13, 2001 11:31am PDT

why is aol mad that xp will have dvd and cdrw integrated? I thought they had nothing to do with that sort... : fat mike

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By: jo-papa x Show Full Post

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AOL can kiss my ass

not like I'll ever touch 'em with a 10 foot pole even if I don't have XP

May 13, 2001 11:28am PDT

AOL can kiss my ass not like I'll ever touch 'em with a 10 foot pole even if I don't have XP : jo-papa

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By: The_FrO x Show Full Post

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AOL can suck it down... they're just as guilty of "uncompetitive practices" with the AOL v5.0 fiasco.

What a bunch of turds.

May 13, 2001 11:23am PDT

AOL can suck it down... they're just as guilty of "uncompetitive practices" with the AOL v5.0 fiasco. ... : The_FrO

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By: Dr. Nick x Show Full Post

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Why, oh why, can't they just work out some kind of IM standard so that it doesn't matter which one you run? Fags.

May 13, 2001 9:13am PDT

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By: drucifer x Show Full Post

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Its just the means to an end...they both equally want to have full control over all your data.

May 13, 2001 9:43am PDT

Its just the means to an end...they both equally want to have full control over all your data. : drucifer

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By: LEX LETHAL x Show Full Post

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CRUSH, CRUSH, CRUSH!

Kill and destroy AOL.

Send a MS instant message today.

Thanks!

-Lex

May 13, 2001 9:39am PDT

CRUSH, CRUSH, CRUSH! Kill and destroy AOL. Send a MS instant message today. Thanks! -Lex : LEX LETHAL

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By: seemlar x Show Full Post

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AOL has AIM and ICQ and sees the integrated MSN messaging client as an attempt by MS to gain a monopoly in the instant messaging market

Microsoft trying to gain a monopoly by tying things into the OS?

Come now, I just don't believe they would do something like that.

May 13, 2001 8:12am PDT

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AOL has AIM and ICQ and sees the integrated MSN messaging client as an attempt by MS to gain a monopoly i : seemlar
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  It's quite ironic to me that AOL bought netscape. Microsoft seems to want to KILL KILL KILL anything : firebone
  - Could they tie in an ISP and kill AOL then? (Wait, didn't they try that with MSN or something?) : Midshift
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  What's the big deal about gaining a market monopoly in something that has NO money in it ? :) I think... : Toraz Chryx
  - <Quote>What's the big deal about gaining a market monopoly in something that has NO money in it ? :)<... : Spang

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By: firebone x Show Full Post

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Well i hate AOL! GWAR!

May 13, 2001 8:10am PDT

Well i hate AOL! GWAR! : firebone

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