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Dear bschnautz,


Recently we wrote to inform you that your subscription to McAfee®
VirusScan® Plus - Special edition from AOL would no longer be a
complimentary benefit of your membership. While your existing software
will continue to operate normally until its license expires, we wanted
to make sure your online security protection is not interrupted.

We’ve negotiated a special price just for our members to upgrade to
McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL. If you
upgrade now, you’ll pay only $34.99 -- a 13% discount off AOL’s
already low annual rate and a full 50% discount off the regular retail
price.

Internet Security Suite provides our highest level of protection, with
additional safeguards that aren’t included in your existing VirusScan
Plus softwa

Identity-theft protection that helps secure your personal information
Tools to improve your computer’s health and performance
Features to help shield your home network
Though it’s packed with more advanced features, the Internet Security
Suite looks and feels much like your current VirusScan Plus software,
making it easy to set up and use.

With more than 5,000 new online threats discovered every month, you
should not let your computer’s security protection lapse. Upgrade
before December 22, 2008 to take advantage of this special early
upgrade pricing.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services




©2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Do people still pay for AOL?

--Mike

"Tim" wrote in message
...
HA! AOL drops Usnet, photo hosting, and now MAaffee....


Dear bschnautz,


Recently we wrote to inform you that your subscription to McAfee®
VirusScan® Plus - Special edition from AOL would no longer be a
complimentary benefit of your membership. While your existing software
will continue to operate normally until its license expires, we wanted
to make sure your online security protection is not interrupted.

We’ve negotiated a special price just for our members to upgrade to
McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL. If you
upgrade now, you’ll pay only $34.99 -- a 13% discount off AOL’s
already low annual rate and a full 50% discount off the regular retail
price.

Internet Security Suite provides our highest level of protection, with
additional safeguards that aren’t included in your existing VirusScan
Plus softwa

Identity-theft protection that helps secure your personal information
Tools to improve your computer’s health and performance
Features to help shield your home network
Though it’s packed with more advanced features, the Internet Security
Suite looks and feels much like your current VirusScan Plus software,
making it easy to set up and use.

With more than 5,000 new online threats discovered every month, you
should not let your computer’s security protection lapse. Upgrade
before December 22, 2008 to take advantage of this special early
upgrade pricing.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services




©2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?

Mike wrote:
Do people still pay for AOL?

--Mike

"Tim" wrote in message
...
HA! AOL drops Usnet, photo hosting, and now MAaffee....


Dear bschnautz,


Recently we wrote to inform you that your subscription to McAfee®
VirusScan® Plus - Special edition from AOL would no longer be a
complimentary benefit of your membership. While your existing software
will continue to operate normally until its license expires, we wanted
to make sure your online security protection is not interrupted.

We’ve negotiated a special price just for our members to upgrade to
McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL. If you
upgrade now, you’ll pay only $34.99 -- a 13% discount off AOL’s
already low annual rate and a full 50% discount off the regular retail
price.

Internet Security Suite provides our highest level of protection, with
additional safeguards that aren’t included in your existing VirusScan
Plus softwa

Identity-theft protection that helps secure your personal information
Tools to improve your computer’s health and performance
Features to help shield your home network
Though it’s packed with more advanced features, the Internet Security
Suite looks and feels much like your current VirusScan Plus software,
making it easy to set up and use.

With more than 5,000 new online threats discovered every month, you
should not let your computer’s security protection lapse. Upgrade
before December 22, 2008 to take advantage of this special early
upgrade pricing.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services




©2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

On Dec 11, 10:54*pm, BAR wrote:
Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?



Mike wrote:
Do people still pay for AOL?

--Mike

"Tim" wrote in message
....
HA! AOL drops Usnet, photo hosting, and *now MAaffee....

Dear bschnautz,

Recently we wrote to inform you that your subscription to McAfee®
VirusScan® Plus - Special edition from AOL would no longer be a
complimentary benefit of your membership. While your existing software
will continue to operate normally until its license expires, we wanted
to make sure your online security protection is not interrupted.

We’ve negotiated a special price just for our members to upgrade to
McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL. If you
upgrade now, you’ll pay only $34.99 -- a 13% discount off AOL’s
already low annual rate and a full 50% discount off the regular retail
price.

Internet Security Suite provides our highest level of protection, with
additional safeguards that aren’t included in your existing VirusScan
Plus softwa

Identity-theft protection that helps secure your personal information
Tools to improve your computer’s health and performance
Features to help shield your home network
Though it’s packed with more advanced features, the Internet Security
Suite looks and feels much like your current VirusScan Plus software,
making it easy to set up and use.

With more than 5,000 new online threats discovered every month, you
should not let your computer’s security protection lapse. Upgrade
before December 22, 2008 to take advantage of this special early
upgrade pricing.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services

©2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.- Hide quoted text -

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Crap, it was in the 90's when I was building computers for Archetects
and installing POS (point of sale) systems for business. I had a
specific clause in the contract for service that if AOL was installed
on the system, it voided the service contract completely... My
mother however kept it in her system till the day she died, I could
not cancel her contract

BAR wrote:
Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?

The question is why did Time Warner buy AOL.

Reginald P. Smithers III, Esq. wrote:
BAR wrote:
Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?

The question is why did Time Warner buy AOL.

A moment of ignorance.

On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:57 -0500, wrote:

There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL

Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or
AOL. Compuserve had the very best national and international dial-up
network, EMAIL and many valuable support forums and databases. They
could have easily converted their proprietaty screen formats to HTML
and web based presentation but they didn't see the need for it.

Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?

Ahhh, how soon we forget.

Before Netscape brought us the WWW, there were few options to get "online."
Online was either BBS's, or services like Compuserve, or GEnie. Then came
along AOL, and with their marketing blitz took over the "online" world. That
was until the WWW was unleashed via Netscape.

There was a point when the easiest way to get "online" was to subscribe to
AOL. Those days are LONG gone, so I wonder why anyone still pays for AOL.

--Mike


"BAR" wrote in message
...
Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?

Mike wrote:
Do people still pay for AOL?

--Mike

"Tim" wrote in message
...
HA! AOL drops Usnet, photo hosting, and now MAaffee....


Dear bschnautz,


Recently we wrote to inform you that your subscription to McAfee®
VirusScan® Plus - Special edition from AOL would no longer be a
complimentary benefit of your membership. While your existing software
will continue to operate normally until its license expires, we wanted
to make sure your online security protection is not interrupted.

We’ve negotiated a special price just for our members to upgrade to
McAfee® Internet Security Suite - Special edition from AOL. If you
upgrade now, you’ll pay only $34.99 -- a 13% discount off AOL’s
already low annual rate and a full 50% discount off the regular retail
price.

Internet Security Suite provides our highest level of protection, with
additional safeguards that aren’t included in your existing VirusScan
Plus softwa

Identity-theft protection that helps secure your personal information
Tools to improve your computer’s health and performance
Features to help shield your home network
Though it’s packed with more advanced features, the Internet Security
Suite looks and feels much like your current VirusScan Plus software,
making it easy to set up and use.

With more than 5,000 new online threats discovered every month, you
should not let your computer’s security protection lapse. Upgrade
before December 22, 2008 to take advantage of this special early
upgrade pricing.

Sincerely,

AOL Member Services




©2008 AOL LLC. All Rights Reserved. AOL and the AOL Triangle Logo are
registered trademarks of AOL LLC. All other trademarks and/or
registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

wrote in message
...
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:54:38 -0500, BAR wrote:

Why did anyone ever pay for AOL?
There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL, before there really
was an internet, from the consumer standpoint. It was all proprietary
software and captive content. Other than that you just had local BBS
services. If you traveled you wanted something with national coverage.
It still is about the most stable ISP. The rest came and went with too
much frequency to actually give anyone your Email address and have it
be useful a year later. Even now I can still use my 15 year old AOL
address but my Mediaone address is dead, as is the successor
Roadrunner (ended up Comcast), Sprint then Earthlink, ended up Embarq.
and a half dozen other places that I had accounts with. (RIP)

The software stopped being stable when they incorporated Internet
Explorer as the browser and W/9x. Prior to that it was rock solid. I
used to use the W/3.1 version to test communication on machines that
had suspected software problems since it didn't have to be "installed"
and it would run straight from a diskette.

Before Prodigy and AOL there was Compuserve and GEnie. Same stuff, just
earlier.

--Mike

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:59:57 -0500, wrote:

There was a time when it was only Prodigy and AOL

Let us not forget Compuserve which was there *long* before Prodigy or
AOL. Compuserve had the very best national and international dial-up
network, EMAIL and many valuable support forums and databases. They
could have easily converted their proprietaty screen formats to HTML
and web based presentation but they didn't see the need for it.


I should read responses before I reply. ;-)

--mike