Re: [SLE] AOL

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To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:54:07 -0700

AOL has it's place.

For me, it is for the people I don't want to hold their hand for days /months
explaining how email actually works.

For dialup? It is a good excuse for your friend to get broadband. Then they
can simply use a browser like firefox to login to their AOL account. Last I
heard, if you remove dialup from the AOL account, you can get everything else
for $5 a month.

B-)

On Sunday 28 November 2004 09:19 pm, BandiPat wrote:
> On Sunday 28 November 2004 05:07 pm, Jesse L. Purdom wrote:
> > On Sunday 28 November 2004 16:59, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
> > > * Jesse L. Purdom <purdomj@provide.net> [11-28-04 16:45]:
> > > > Has anyone run into this before? Is there an alternative client
> > > > I can have him use in place of the AOL Windows client. I don't
> > > > want to install Wine as the system he uses is rather slow and I'm
> > > > not sure that performance would be acceptable.
> > >
> > > In earlier *internet* days, this post would bring laughs and flames
> > > you cannot imagine.
> > >
> > > *Everyone* can do without AOL, just as you can miss the first 15
> > > minutes at the movies and loose nothing except the
> > > comming-attractions and 10 minutes of commercials.
> > >
> > > AOL is windoz of the internet (tm). I Said That!
> >
> > I agree whole heartedly, but what can you do? At least I've gotten
> > him to look at an alternative. AOL may be more trouble than it is
> > worth, but it is till everywhere. I am an independent computer
> > consultant and I can't count how many clients I have who run AOL. To
> > have someone actually ask about alternatives is a big deal. :-)
> >
> > Jesse
>
> ==============
>
> Jesse,
> I think most of us here would recommend that if you can get him to
> switch to Linux, then you can get him to switch to a better ISP,
> possibly even broadband.
>
> Here is a site I had found or heard about in using AOL in Linux, but
> never got a chance to try it, because the customer dropped them cold
> turkey when I switched them to Linux!
>
> http://www.peng.apinc.org/eng/index.php
>
> Let us know if you get it working and how well. At least let me know,
> as I would still be interested to hear.
>
> and remember; Have a lot of fun!
>
> Lee

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