Microsoft eyes AOL takeover

AOL + MS #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 10:10 GMT

surely the worlds most hated company (after news corp)?

Crappy software #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 10:25 GMT

If AOL was bought out by MS then maybe MS would do something with that abomination that AOL developed as thier software. Having said that, MS would probably make it worse.

Anonymous Coward

oh lawdy #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 10:37 GMT

can you imagine future windows releases shipping with integrated AOL software? ...bloatware the likes of which have never been seen...

Paul Stephenson

@AC #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 11:12 GMT

It's bad enough that crap comes bundled on most bought pc's already!

ChessGeek

New Name? #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 11:31 GMT

Microsoft + AOHell = MicroHell?

Christopher Rogers

hopefully #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 12:56 GMT

Ms would strip out the bits it wants and banish the AOL name forever.

Sleeping Dragon

They are perfect for each other #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 12:56 GMT

They both produce shit software, give shit service and do all that with a smile on their face and their hands in your wallet.

Mine's the one with a Linux distro and independant ISP contract in the pocket.

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Anonymous Coward

Re: New Name? #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 15:37 GMT

How about Microhol for all the Microholics out there?

Charles Manning

The real reason #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 19:53 GMT

This is just a third-grader move to try make Yahoo jealous.

More seriously, it is likely to cause the YHOO stock price to drop and put more heat on Jerry and make Yahoo more amenable to being bought.

eurobloke

Hopefully it would mean better news on Engagdet #

Posted Thursday 17th July 2008 21:23 GMT

If this happens, hopefully it will get rid of the arse-licking that Engadget (a tech blog owned by AOL) seem to have on Apple.

Tim Bates

Hmmm #

Posted Friday 18th July 2008 07:51 GMT

If AOL sells to Microsoft, then MS could have another try at that good old "MSN Network" sort of ISP thing they had going...

Also, if MS is really only after one part of Yahoo, why don't they offer cash for just that part? Wouldn't everyone be happy then?

Eddie Johnson

You left out the punchline #

Posted Saturday 19th July 2008 00:45 GMT

"AOL bought Time Warner for $160bn at the height of the last bubble."

You left out the punchline, what's the value of the company now?

Defunct online service + dying print media + substandard cable = ???