[thelist] AOL upgrade of death

Yes, I have seen this in action.

Sure it installs IE5 on the users machines, but that IE5 won't act like it
should. It does all crazy kinds of AOL stuff and really limits the user's
choice to be free. It acts in almost the same manner as the browser built
into AOL, except for the fact it has a different rendering engine behind it
(good for us developers, not so good for those users). Definetly not a good
thing for AOL to do, as many people will be sending in complaints, I'm sure.

-ted

> courtesy slashdot.org:
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/21/aol.five.ap/index.html
> Critics say new AOL software interferes with rivals
> "CNN is reporting about the joyousness that is the new version of AOL.
> Version 5.0 seizes control of all internet connections on your
> machine and
> handles all web requests, email, etc. So, if you use your system
> to connect
> to other ISPs, your business, your school, etc. and you install AOL 5.0,
> yer screwed."
>
>
> i'm so glad we don't have AOL here in New Zealand.  well, not yet
> anyway.. eek.