Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!george From: george@swbatl.sbc.com (George Nincehelser 5-6544) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm Subject: Re: WANTED: America Online OPINIONS Message-ID: <1991May23.200530.24867@swbatl.sbc.com> Date: 23 May 91 20:05:30 GMT References: <1991May23.024406.3740@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1991May23.125934.10345@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Organization: Southwestern Bell Advanced Technology Laboratory Lines: 14 In article <1991May23.125934.10345@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes: > >One thing I don't hear people saying is why they bother to pay >for these services when they have the Internet. What do you get >from AOL that you don't from the Internet? > I've found that the commercial on-line services have newer programs than the internet ftp sites. -- / George David Nincehelser \ george@swbatl.sbc.com \ / / Southwestern Bell Telephone \ Phone: (314) 235-6544 \ / / / Advanced Technology Laboratory \ Fax: (314) 235-5797 \ / / / /\ 1010 Pine, St. Louis, MO 63101 \ de asini umbra disceptare \