It's Official: Google Buys Stake in AOL

[dduardo]

Ek, what has Google done! They just bought a 5% stake in AOL for 1 Billion Dollars.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/12/20/technology/aol_google.reut/index.htm?cnn=yes

 

[-Job-]

I don't know if it's a nice move or not by Google, but i very much dislike AOL for all their spam, both physical and electronic, not to mention that their software, from my experience, is not the best. I thought the title was "... Google buys Opera" which i would've liked, but not this.

 

[Moonbear]

I don't know if it's a nice move or not by Google, but i very much dislike AOL for all their spam, both physical and electronic, not to mention that their software, from my experience, is not the best. I thought the title was "... Google buys Opera" which i would've liked, but not this.

But AOL makes such nice coasters. They send me a new one for my set once every few months or so. They're very pretty and shiny, though that hole in the center sometimes let's drips through.

 

[Pengwuino]

Well its probably a good investment. AOL has some powerful financial backing and probably a huge ignorant cult following...

 

[dduardo]

Expect image ads because of the deal:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/technology/20google.html

 

[-Job-]

Outstanding, Google is going to lose all it's mystic.

 

[Moonbear]

Expect image ads because of the deal:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/technology/20google.html

They're going to break Google!

 

[dduardo]

Let the Google CD mass mailing begin!

 

[Moonbear]

Let the Google CD mass mailing begin!

Ornaments for holiday trees in CS departments everywhere!

And some other uses: http://www.spiritone.com/~english/humour/aolcd.html