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Re: AOL's view of the Net versus the rest

2000-07-17 15:00:03
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:33:50 +0200, Anthony Atkielski 
<anthony(_at_)atkielski(_dot_)com>  said:
It's like radio:  Some people are content to tune in to their favorite FM
station and listen to the Top 40 or "easy listening" music; whereas others
prefer to get ham radio licenses and explore the medium to its fullest.

Interesting analogy..

As long as there are still ways to get the "raw" connections that I prefer,
I don't really care if most people are satisfied with AOL and its
clones--that's their choice.

Well.. obviously you're not a ham operator - most of the ones I know are
quite zealous about complaining when another operator does anything out
of spec.. ;)

It's interesting that the major complaint from the non-AOL crowd isn't about
AOL's existence, it's about interoperability problems.  Quite similar to the
average ham operator....

-- 
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Operating Systems Analyst
                                Virginia Tech

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