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4-19-2006 @ 7:07PM
Geoff said...
As long as they hire better programmers and designers than MySpace did and if it's open to non-AOL members, then I'd switch in a second.
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4-19-2006 @ 9:12PM
Trekker said...
Yes it will be open for non-members and it will be kick-ass! Stay tuned.
Trekker
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4-20-2006 @ 10:45AM
Matt said...
Well, I htink people will probably stick with myspace/facebook for the same reason people stuck with AIM despite ICQ, MSN, etc being technically superior: Everybody's already using it.
On the other hand, Myspace is pretty horrible... always slow and crashing. By contrast, Facebook (altho probably less popular) is a speed demon. Buy more damn servers!! You can afford it!!
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4-20-2006 @ 1:41PM
Prime said...
Matt where have you been? AOL bought ICQ in 1998 and they have shared the infrastructure since then.
Dulles, VA, June 8, 1998 - Significantly advancing its multiple-brand strategy, America Online, Inc. [NYSE: AOL] today announced that it has acquired Mirabilis Ltd, an Israel-based company which has used its ICQ instant communications and chat technology to rapidly build a Web-based community of more than 12 million registered users worldwide.
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4-20-2006 @ 2:10PM
Trekker said...
All, just to point out, the original "rumor" was carried by BusinessWeek back in January: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_05/b3969023.htm
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4-20-2006 @ 6:12PM
Vorobushek said...
A MySpace killer?
I hope so. MySpace has some huge limitations comparing whats on MY desk, and I am pretty sure that even the new AOL MySpace Killer will be less than what I invented. :-)
Not Joking, days before the dot-com crash in 2000 we aquired 6.000.000 USD for a project that you can see as a kind of Myspace avant la lettre.... Only the dot-com crash killed our project :-(
In the past 5-6 years I developped the idea further and have developped a project that is a REAL killer since it goes far far far beyond what MySpace does, and.... its a dream, a gorgeous wet dream for marketers WITHOUT ANNOYING the members :-) My project solves problems, add t-o-t-a-l new features..... and is attractive to everyone and everything.
The only problem is on this moment funding. As always.
But here in tiny Belgium the possibilities are a bit smaller, but I try to find new investors.
I hope AOL (and others) have not invented the same as I did :-))). There is still hope.....
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4-20-2006 @ 6:45PM
Rob said...
The inertia of 70-million MySpace accounts means that AOL's MySpace Killer has a lot of work to do.
It's going to have to be so much better, easier, and buzz-ier than MySlow before it'll make so much as a dent in the numbers.
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4-20-2006 @ 10:06PM
Shawn Carnell said...
http://ted.aol.com/index.php?id=167
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4-21-2006 @ 12:23PM
BBaxter said...
Vorobushek...what did you invent?
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5-10-2006 @ 8:39PM
Peter Durkson said...
I'm interested in contacting VOROBUSHEK about his needs.
Please contact; peter@huladogfashions.com
ALOHA
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5-10-2006 @ 8:42PM
Peter Durkson said...
How do I contact VOROBUSHEK?
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