Re: AOL? Do What?!

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

"Lord of the Flies" <python@ux1.cyberenet.net> wrote in message
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> In comp.sys.cbm John Oyler <jojo4@mediaone.net> wrote:
> >
> > "why Commodore _OWNED_ Apple in sales and user base" [---RaYzor]
> >
> > Ah. I think I can clear this up in one sentence. "No wonder AOL is
America's
> > #1 ISP!"
> >
> > John
> >
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>
> Um, _no,_ I'm not so sure that that clears anything up at all.  In fact
> I'm a little confused: What in the hell do ISPs have to do with this
> subject anyway, muchless AOL?
>
> And were you aware that AOL wasn't always AOL?  It used to be a pre-inet
> on-line service called Q-Link.  And does anyone here know who it served,
> the reason for its existence?  Show of hands?  That's right everyone: the
> answer is Commodore Computers and their users.  And yes, Steve Case was
> there the whole time.
>
> What?  You think AOL just popped-up all big outta nowhere?  Man, typically
> big companies take time, time, time to get that way!  (Am I right about
> that?)  They built their foundation on Commodore and built UP via
> Commodore!  But you didn't realize that, did ya?  "Clear"?  Not even.
>
Er actually AOL was part of a service called Quantum Computer
Services and they had a service called Quantum.
They ran Q-Link for Commodore, AppleLink for Apple II and
Applelink for the Mac was never launched as it was rolled into
the service we now know as AOL. (It was being beta tested
but never fully lauched by Apple)
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