Miata Mailing List: November 1997, Message #8
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From: 	LeanAngle1@aol.com

Subject: Re: NMC: AOL NET MAIL vs Others

Date: 	Sat, 1 Nov 1997 00:44:57 +0000



In a message dated 97-11-01 00:13:23 EST, gale@eskimo.com writes:



<< 

 I've never used AOL chat rooms (cancelled after my free hours were 

 up, several years ago) but there are other purposes for chat rooms:  

 People who don't have enough real friends offline can form online 

 friendships, not just love-interests; people who are into a 

 particular hobby---quilting, gardening, um....MIATAS can get together 

 and just waste time shooting the breeze.  Hey, some people get into 

 thst stuff.  I'm not flaming you, I just don't want to see a large 

 group of people painted with the same brush.



* Gale...of course yo are right, and if Kathy O'connel could read this she'd

say the same thing too..I stand corrected..but I still believe if you took an

AOL poll of the users, you'd find the majority using AOL for what I

posted....

 

 > I find almost all wanna bees using AOL..most

 > professionals are using other ISP's that are more tailored to professional

 > fast reliable service that we expect...not that AOL users do not expect

 > this..it's just that they'll never get it!!!!

 

 OK, my mom is a good example here:  She is a serious professional.  

 Literally one of the top people in her field (marine science and 

 conservation).  She uses AOL because she took the time to learn 

 how to check her e-mail on that system, and simply isn't willing 

 (or maybe even able) to devote the energy and time required to get 

 oriented to a whole new way of doing things.  Sure, there are things 

 about AOL that make her crazy, but she's unlikely to make a change 

 any time soon.  She's never used a newsgroup, chat room, or AOL 

 forum, and could probably count the number of times she's visited the 

 web on one hand.  The e-mail service she gets plainly sucks compared 

 to what she could get, and for less money, but her professional 

 commitments are so great that she's unlikely to initiate a change.  

 The point is, some professionals use AOL because it's easier than 

 switching, and they've got better things to do.  Too bad the system 

 was never designed with their needs in mind.



*Ok I was being a professional snob...BSEE, BSBA & MBA type...sorry...I'm

hangin' my head in shame now...but still hating AOL...LOL..!!!

 

 > Aaron...who is fed up with AOL's bs, lack of service, can't log-on, can't

send

 > e-mails, kicking you off constantly, can't reach tech

 > support...crap...Whew...feel much better now....

 

 FWIW, my mom feels the same way.  If I could persuade her to switch I 

 would, but I don't see it happening anytime soon.

  >>



*Gale you made some good counter points to my own outburst of frustration

with AOL!!!..I commend thee...I suppose if I were not stuck until the end of

November I'd be better able to contain my frustration. ..But in just sending

this thread, I've been kicked off twice, and expect a third before I finish

typing...arggghhhh...



*I'm medium rare now.....LOL...!!!!



Aaron