> And that may be true to some extent for a great number of people Ja, right, for kids!!! With that COLORFUL interface you can make even en elephant to feel dizzy. First time I started AOL it bombarded me with useful news about black-underground concerts of some unknown musicians, wheatear news, and other 'cool' stuff and free gifts. God, how I hate heather news!! I have few windows in my house; I can look outside by my self. Anyway in Germany there is a single mood for weather: RAINING :)
Maybe some people might find their software good for something, but I prefer to be announced before I buy something: "Sir if you buy this car from us, you will be forced to destroy your old garage and to build a new bigger one, because our car doesn't fit in a regular garage." Maybe that extra 512MB that I bought were necessary at some later time, but I still prefer to be announced first. My final word for the ones who still didn't had the pleasure to meet mister AOL, RUN LIKE HELL, don't look to the discount they offert to you. Get a real ISP that work based on hardware not software. --- Robert Meek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had a run-in with AOL back in 1993 or 94 I believe it was. Living > in Ventura CA. at the time there were plenty of local access numbers and you > could simply use them as a portal to the main line if you wanted...deleting > or not using their software as you wanted. But like MSN they decided to use > their customer base in ways that make you a privileged member of their > system, and from what I've heard there's little you can do about it. I have > a neighbor using it and he says he doesn't need the internet however because > everything he needs is part of the AOL system, and that may be true to some > extent for a great number of people, but it wouldn't work for us! > > from Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Gies,Brad > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 11:59 AM > To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List > Subject: RE: Delphi 2006 first look > > > Dr. Bob, > You're definitely not missing anything... Count your blessings that you > don't have to be inundated with their CD's and advertising.... > > > > Sincerely, > > Brad Gies > ------------------------------------- > NLM Software > Southfield, MI, USA > ------------------------------------- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Swart > > Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 2:21 AM > > To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List > > Subject: Re: Delphi 2006 first look > > > > Hi Sid, > > > > > AOL (America OnLine) > > > > Ah, I did know of America OnLine. I just didn't connect it with the > AOL. > > Sorry. Given the name, I would expect them to be mainly "active" in > > America? > > > > I never saw any ads for them around here, nor got any e-mail from > them, > > as Rober mentioned. Here in The Netherlands, we only get ads from > local > > Dutch providers. In fact, I wouldn't know if it would be possible to > use > > AOL as provider (for Cable and/or ASDL? - or only for dial-in > modems?). > > > > Did they not merge with CompuServe, and/or wasn't there a special > > version of Netscape that they had to use? I vaguely remember stories > > like that, but never had any personal encounters with them. > > > > > is one of the U.S.'s largest ISPs (the largest?), with a reputation > for > > > awful customer service and cheating customers (they have lost major > > > lawsuits brought against them for cheating customers). > > > > Hmm, I'm not missing anything I reckon ;-) > > > > Groetjes, > > Bob Swart (aka Dr.Bob - www.DrBob42.com) > > > > -- > > Bob Swart Training & Consultancy (eBob42) - Borland Technology Partner > > Blog: http://www.drbob42.com/blog - RSS: http://drbob42.com/weblog.xml > > __________________________________________________ > > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > > This e-mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is > addressed and may > contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, > retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > this information > by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If > you > received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately and > delete > the material from your computer. > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > ...and the traveler died, stroked by the beauty of the landscape. THE MORNING OF THE MAGICIANS Louis Pawels & Jacques Bergier __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> [email protected] http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
