Can this be true? According to this article from Reuters, Microsoft is in talks to have a stake in AOL and to possibly combine their Internet assets together.
I think Microsoft is getting really scared because of how dominant Google is and Google is one step ahead of Microsoft. Yahoo and Google are ahead of Microsoft, and Microsoft wants to revamp MSN to become a formidable competitor.
Once upon a time, Bill Gates and Steve Case were rivals. AOL didn't like Microsoft and AOL beat Microsoft to instant messaging and Internet. But now where is AOL now, how many use AOL for Internet? AOL claims ease of use for Internet with their AOL software, but who really uses that? I remember seeing AOL CDs, but people just used them as coasters or frisbees or they wound up in the garbage. I don't know of any of my friends using AIM any more, I myself don't use AIM, everyone is on MSN now. And ICQ, remember the days when everyone was on ICQ? Well since AOL bought Mirabillis that made ICQ, I still occasionally may use ICQ but I most often use MSN Messenger, and sometimes Yahoo Messenger. Now, I am using Google Talk.
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