When we got the net, broadband, and real ISP’s, it became apparent to me that AOL never had a broadband strategy. They were shut out by localized broadband providers like cable companies, telephone companies and the like.

Yahoo’s superiority was because they never claimed to be a real portal, just a good navigator.

AOL stuck with supporting their dial-up too long because it was a cash cow for Time-Warner. By the time they decided to be a web based group like Yahoo, it was too late. They were crowded out.

I had AOL stock and made a good amount of money on it, and got out of it, with at least a 25 bagger.

I also had Yahoo, and Microsoft helped me get out of that with a triple by offering to buy the company. Yahoo is dead from the neck up. Like AOL, they are coining money. But they have no where to go.

If Yahoo buys AOL, it is the blind buying the stupid.