Comments on: Dumb and dumber money

By: JH

JH — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:48:18 +0000

Methinks this is an effort by Yahoo to drive up the price paid by Google/Comcast or Microsoft.

By: EverKarl

EverKarl — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:47:52 +0000

I’ve mentioned it before — the search engine dollars attached to AOL traffic makes a Google-Yahoo tussle inevitable. It’s just a matter of how rational the parties are in valuing those dollars going forward.

By: Carson Fire

Carson Fire — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:36:09 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I hate AOL. But from a ground view, there are still *metric tons* of people who use and rely on AOL. I can imagine a Google-AOL teaming would actually be quite a powerhouse.

AOL might have been a bad investment for Time-Warner at the time, but Time-Warner didn’t seem to have any forward-thinking imagination about what to *do* with AOL. They *let* it become an albatross around their neck. A smarter company will exploit AOL’s potential.

By: Nathan Lanier

Nathan Lanier — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 04:20:13 +0000

Three letters: AIM

By: ALT1040 » AOL es una pesadilla

ALT1040 » AOL es una pesadilla — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:39:44 +0000

[...] — Jeff Jarvis refiriÃ©ndose al hecho que ahora Yahoo! tambiÃ©n quiere comprar AOL. CategorÃas: Citas. [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:13:40 +0000

Well, Time Warner has done nothing with AOL (with the exception of rotating that little triangle 90 degrees clockwise). Hell, they’ve even kept Road Runner and AOL separate. Yahoo and Google have made a boatload of cash on the Internet, and Microsoft ain’t too shabby. These are companies that know how to handle the web; Time Warner has always done very well with its magazines and movie studios, not to mention networks and cable stations. Read: Old media. TW took a floater and left it in the pooper. These other companies might actually know what to do with the pieces of AOL they want.

By: Chris Tolles

Chris Tolles — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:24:40 +0000

Hey — from one AOL..sorry..TWX..shareholder/ex-employee to another — the best chance of TWX stock going up is a change in the perception of AOL by the market. The $8B in revenues AOL brings to the party contributes a chunk of bottom line for these guys — would be nice to get a nice Web 2.0 multiplier going…

Now, the chances of those sour grapes fermenting into anything worth drinking are somewhat remote for those of us holding since the 90’s, but this is exactly the kind of thing we’re going to need for things to be good here.

Besides, almost everyone involved in the initial transaction has had their Shakespearean stage exit already — visiting the sins of the father unto the sons is what you’re left with today…

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:27:26 +0000

Check out their ad biz turnaround… the company actually IS viable again…
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2005/10/14/a_reinvented_aol_is_luring_big_time_suitors/

By: Allen

Allen — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:15:49 +0000

Jeff — You’ve done your duty by sounding the “buyer beware” signal. Now, shut up and let them swarm. I too am holding from days gone by.

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:51:55 +0000

But is it a pump-and-dump-able nightmare?

By: Mumblix Grumph

Mumblix Grumph — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:37:51 +0000

What the hell? Are people getting nostalgic for the good ol’ dot-com boom of the 90’s?

Maybe I can finally unload all that Pets.com stock!