>>Well, they started it two years ago, beta tested it last year, withdrew it because of Normandy/Red Dog and now reinstated it this year.
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>Yup, and during that time, AOL won the derby of online services by adapting themselves to the Internet by being prepared at first without having ignored it. :)


And look what's happened to America Offline now!

An (over?) aggressive marketing campaign without the service to back it up wihich gave the CIS "Dial 1-800-NOT BUSY" advert right in the middle of Superbowl prime time!

Apart from that, AOL also stands for A**holes Online in many circles.
For years at serious SF conventions they had "@" parties where people on the web got together - mainly scientists/researchers - and they had a ruling that @AOL.com did not count as they were all bozons.