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...AOL 5.0, you may have a big problem. That is, if you're anything like the scores of disgusted AOL customers who filed an $8 billion class action suit against the Internet giant Wednesday, claiming the 5.0 version of AOL's software interferes with some computers' operating systems and alternative Internet service providers. When AOL 5.0 is loaded onto computers, the suit alleges, the software infiltrates the system and can strong-arm other ISPs and other applications right out of commission. AOL officials say the suit, which was filed in a court near AOL's headquarters in Dulles...
...AOL shouldn't count on an outpouring of public sympathy. Consumers who are already on edge after the Microsoft revelations won't be kind if they think fellow computer giant AOL is playing dirty. "This maneuver is really aggressive on the part of AOL," says TIME senior editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "These guys hold a larger share of the market than all the other ISPs combined, and they have to behave responsibly." As new Internet users bang their heads against their keyboards in desperation, the last thing they want to worry about is whether their service provider is going...
...operating system and web software markets. In any case, Microsoft's management style, a delicate balance between top-heavy control of product content and maverick innovation in the trenches, would be impossible to maintain in a conglomerate such as Viacom. So while the breadth of a firm such as AOL Time Warner, with holdings in varied markets, may seem more daunting than a group of nerdy guys from Washington State, Microsoft remains a force to be reckoned with...
...difference, though, between avoiding unnecessary mention of competitors and straight-out eliminating their presence. CBS and NBC may be viewed as natural competitors, but in this era of media conglomerates, just about every advertisement indicates a potential friend or foe. CNN's parent company, Time Warner, after the AOL merger now controls an immense number of brands, each of which has several competitors whose logos the network could choose to suppress. Will Microsoft now vanish from CNN, and Pixar from Disney/ABC...
...have the information you need to judge my credibility, and we can turn to my analysis of the AOL-Time Warner merger. Or we could if there were room...