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Post #104,034
by folkert
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5/29/03 8:46:07 PM
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New Yes...
But his point was they had to PAY AOL $750 Million to use IE vs something else. Versus they way it typically goes, that the USER PAYS for the right to use it. Rather than the "provider pays them to use it".

Microsoft PAID AOL/TW to use IE (which is Free) instead of anything else.

I'd only use something BAD if I was paid a gorgeous amount of money to USE it. Other than that... NO.
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Post #104,195
by mmoffitt
5/30/03 7:29:48 PM
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New Um....
Versus they way it typically goes, that the USER PAYS for the right to use it.

Surely you're not saying that the consumer isn't ultimately going to pay for this, are you?
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     MS to pay AOL/TW $0.75B - (Another Scott) - (27) - May 29, 2003, 05:03:03 PM EDT
         So much for Netscape. -NT - (admin) - (3) - May 29, 2003, 05:05:24 PM EDT
             Sniffage. Right. - (deSitter) - May 29, 2003, 09:29:46 PM EDT
             Heard on the radio this morning, it's a two-for-one - (drewk) - (1) - May 30, 2003, 09:30:40 AM EDT
                 At least they got a decent sized bribe for it. - (admin) - May 30, 2003, 09:55:57 AM EDT
         Lawyer math - (drewk) - (20) - May 29, 2003, 05:20:44 PM EDT
             Re: Lawyer math - (andread) - (4) - May 29, 2003, 08:08:59 PM EDT
                 I thought it was part of the OS? It's EXPENSIVE! -NT - (imric) - May 29, 2003, 08:44:09 PM EDT
                 Yes... - (folkert) - (1) - May 29, 2003, 08:46:07 PM EDT
                     Um.... - (mmoffitt) - May 30, 2003, 07:29:48 PM EDT
                 Oops - (drewk) - May 30, 2003, 09:25:45 AM EDT
             My reading of the spin: TW trumped AOL. - (Another Scott) - (14) - May 29, 2003, 09:32:20 PM EDT
                 Re: My reading of the spin: TW trumped AOL. - (deSitter) - (8) - May 29, 2003, 09:47:34 PM EDT
                     right how many years was he married to watsername? - (boxley) - (7) - May 29, 2003, 10:58:04 PM EDT
                         watsername? -- Hanoi Jane -NT - (jbrabeck) - May 30, 2003, 09:26:14 AM EDT
                         Re: right how many years was he married to watsername? - (deSitter) - May 30, 2003, 11:18:23 AM EDT
                         At the time - we had YAN pre-Iraq Spin City happening. - (Ashton) - (4) - May 30, 2003, 06:25:33 PM EDT
                             Hanoi Jane - (jbrabeck) - (3) - May 31, 2003, 09:08:21 AM EDT
                                 Treason, - (Ashton) - (2) - June 1, 2003, 04:32:28 AM EDT
                                     Points taken - (jbrabeck) - (1) - June 1, 2003, 09:09:42 AM EDT
                                         Agreed, then. - (Ashton) - June 4, 2003, 02:00:01 AM EDT
                 Nailed - (kmself) - (4) - June 1, 2003, 04:18:12 PM EDT
                     Wow - (drewk) - June 2, 2003, 09:26:51 AM EDT
                     Not all the press are blind. - (Silverlock) - June 2, 2003, 10:19:06 AM EDT
                     Gillmor too - (kmself) - (1) - June 2, 2003, 10:45:45 AM EDT
                         Only good to come out of this - (drewk) - June 2, 2003, 11:05:07 AM EDT
         AOL assimilated by the Microsoft Borg - (jbrabeck) - (1) - June 2, 2003, 08:44:11 AM EDT
             Seems to echo the hopelessness of politics du jour. -NT - (Ashton) - June 4, 2003, 02:09:31 AM EDT

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