Quotes about aol
aol bought bright few future maybe netscape
Maybe Netscape comes up as a loser, but they've been over for a few years. Being bought by AOL is the culmination of that. Their future before they were bought wasn't bright at all.
aol difference game
Right now dial-up is the only game in town. There is not a big difference between AOL and the mom-and-pop ISP.
aol currently gets happening integrated internet order point space
Right now AOL is currently integrated into our operations, ... But if it gets to the point where consolidation is happening in the Internet space and, in order to play most efficiently, we need...our own currency, the possibility (of an IPO) is out there.
aol brands business categories category company created focused media movies side sports web
When I was at AOL, I was always on the web media side while much of the company was focused on the ISP business. We focused on big categories like celebrities and sports, and we created brands around that category like AOL Celebrities, AOL Movies and Fanhouse.
aol less netscape priority process slow step time
Netscape is less and less of a priority for AOL Time Warner, and this is just another step in the slow sun-setting process of Netscape Navigator.
aol costs fast money requires yahoo
Yahoo is free, it's fast and it's Web-centric. AOL is slow, it costs money and requires proprietary software. Fred Wilson
aol basic business certainly extent limit traffic
AT&T's basic business is transport, so to the extent that AOL would give them more traffic and to the extent that AT&T could limit AOL's involvement with its competitors . . . it's certainly something they need to look at.
aol company focused growth returning spinning
as we have said all along, the company is not spinning off AOL, but is focused on returning AOL to a growth track.
aol biggest challenge cost faces
The biggest challenge AOL faces is really controlling its usage-based cost structure. Henry Blodget
aol cusp explosive growth instant mainstream messenger mobile
Data-related mobile technologies are on the cusp of mainstream adoption. We see it every day in the explosive growth of our AOL Instant Messenger traffic. John McKinley
aol cusp explosive growth instant mainstream messenger mobile
Data-related mobile technologies are on the cusp of mainstream adoption, ... We see it every day in the explosive growth of our AOL Instant Messenger traffic.
aol best company deal enhancing great investment point proves stock time value
Doing this AOL deal is on the way, but not enough, to enhancing shareholder value at Time Warner, ... It proves my point that there is a great deal of unrealized value here. The best investment the company can make is in their own stock at this time. Carl Icahn
aol bill buy excellent fact job miller saying simplistic
I'm not saying I'm going to buy AOL or not, ... I think Bill Miller has done an excellent job of recognizing the fact that valuation is not a simplistic exercise.
aol business encouraged focused holding keeping looks market secular
I'm not really focused quarter-to-quarter. I'm really focused on the secular trends. And I'm encouraged that the AOL subscription business looks like it's holding together, and they're keeping their market share.
aol battle compete created developer google news web
They have to do this to survive, compete and thrive, because MSN is in a pitched battle with Yahoo, Google and AOL ( NYSE: AOL - news ), which have created their own Web developer platforms.
aol became broke control determination digital issue microsoft music talks ultimately
These talks ultimately became about music and broke down over an issue that isn't about AOL and Microsoft but Microsoft's determination to control digital music on the Internet.
aol companies company definitely fund general goes managers money pay prove public raising series theory
This is just another in a long series of companies which are raising public money to pay AOL and Yahoo, who end up being the real winners, ... If this company goes public, it will definitely prove my theory that fund managers in general do not read prospectuses.
aol degree market product service successful unclear win
It's still unclear to what degree AOL will market the service. They may not be all that aggressive. This has to be a very successful product to win market share.
aol dropped fact news top
The big news is the fact that AOL has dropped out of the top 10 holdings in so many funds.
aol calming ceo gang happens market matter
No matter what happens (incoming AOL CEO Richard) Parsons and gang are going to concentrate on calming market expectations. Period.
aol care people seem
It's very frustrating. People don't seem to care much about this AOL deal.
aol era excesses fairly last looking marks media people top value
It will put a short-term top on the stock. I think it marks the end of an era -- the last remnant of excesses and looking at fundamentals through rose-colored glasses. Now people are going to look at AOL and value it as a media conglomerate and find it's fairly valued.
aol change easier filter good lose managing mean people provide reduce resources spam yahoo
It won't reduce spam directly. AOL is already good at managing spam issues, and Yahoo is getting better. It may make it easier to filter mail, and may provide more resources for spam prevention, but it could also mean that people lose emails, and so change provider. Richard Cox
aol business companies complacent disrupt evidence happens internet lessons lots motivate others stop
There are lots of lessons to learn from Amazon. Never stop innovating or questioning the fundamentals of your business. Disrupt yourself before others do. Continually motivate employees so that they never get too complacent - see Yahoo, AOL and many other Internet companies for evidence of what happens when they do.
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What next, we'll see AOL up on eBay?
aol bearing companies contend direction gently next night powerful time year
We contend AOL Time Warner is powerful enough that it won't go gently into the night (unlike Novell, WordPerfect, Lotus, Netscape, et al). We do believe, however, that developments between the two companies over the next year or two will have significant bearing on the long-term direction of the industry.
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This will be AOL's first multi-bandwidth and multi-device client. AOL is about convenience and applications. And those applications should be ubiquitous. Jonathan Sacks
aol becoming deeply drilling facebook generic giant highly myspace serve sites targeted yahoo
With giant sites like Facebook and MySpace becoming as generic as Yahoo and AOL of old, more and more sites will be looking for an edge by drilling down deeply to serve a highly targeted audience. Kara Swisher
aol businesses cash debt flow focus reduce time
When you look at Viacom and AOL Time Warner, their cash flow being generated by their businesses has enabled them to reduce debt and to focus on their businesses.
aol array content vast
Comcast doesn't have the vast array of content that AOL has,
aol believe create move quickly value
I believe an independent AOL would move more quickly and create more value for shareholders. Steve Case
aol believe estimates goes merger research strongly time
Our AOL ( AOL : Research , Estimates ) recommendation doesn't presuppose that the merger with Time Warner goes through, but we strongly believe that it will,
aol barely brand brands consumer dates decade extend forward helping hundred internet legacy medium online powerful recognized today whereas
Coca-Cola's legacy dates back more than a hundred years, whereas the AOL brand is barely a decade old, but today Coca-Cola and AOL are two of the most recognized and powerful consumer brands in the world, ... We look forward to helping Coca-Cola use the online medium to extend its legacy into this new Internet century.