Why AOL Should Buy Apple

from the all-for-quicktime? dept

An interesting article suggesting that AOL-Time Warner should buy Apple. The main reason for the suggestion is because AOL apparently needs a media player - which they would get in Apple's Quicktime. Then there are other synergies between the companies as well. It would be impressive as the company would then be AOL-Time Warner-Netscape-Apple. Would you have guessed that five years ago?
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  1. identicon
    Daddy Mac, 8 Feb 2001 @ 6:38pm

    The ultimate net surfer

    What a great combination, an AOL user that surfs the net on netscape and loves his user friendly apple (i.e. built for the technically challenged)! Maybe this ideal user will one day figure out that, AOL isn't just for chatting, netscape was the loser and Apples (well they fell of the tree and rotted).

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