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AOL renames to..... AOL
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:06 am
by Eraser
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=1986
During an interview at the Web 2.0 conference, AOL CEO Jonathan Miller said that AOL was changing its official name from America Online to "AOL," solving the problem of taking the brand internationally without offending those countries that don't want to have an America Online in their midst.
It's a bit stupid that a country would be offended by the "America" part.
Without that argument, I can still see why AOL would do it though. From a business point of view, it's not that strange to remove "america" from your name if you're going for a global market.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:17 am
by MKJ
they think the rest of the world is as easily offended as the US
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:17 pm
by 4days
so if it's just the word 'aol' now, how do you pronounce it? 'whal', or maybe with that silly american long vowel thing?
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:19 pm
by raw
I think there's a hidden G in the pronunciation. It should be pronounced...
GAY-OL
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:27 pm
by Transient
Or AOHell.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 12:32 pm
by mik0rs
Or "Idiots That Make Shitty Software That Causes No End Of Fucking Bother, The Cunts"
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:47 pm
by Grudge
aolol
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:57 pm
by glossy
*insert play on the 'aol' name*
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:07 pm
by +JuggerNaut+
aOLD
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:03 pm
by mik0rs
I get it... but the A still fucking stands for "America", even if not officially. If they were going to go all politically correct they should have just changed the name instead. It is a bit retarded that it's called AOL outside of America anyway though. All that said, AOL had the retarded market all sewn up before this anyway.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:17 pm
by Geebs
Smacks of the whole "why did they change it to KFC" lollercoaster.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:22 pm
by seremtan
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
UK Plc
- to avoid offending all the people we've bombed and/or ethnically cleansed
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 11:50 pm
by losCHUNK
lol, if memph had a nuke he'd be aiming for america because of AOL
and it aint because of the name
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:19 am
by John^Rocker
aol helped me to own
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:21 am
by plained
i'll take two aol to go
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:23 am
by John^Rocker
plained wrote:i'll take two aol to go
double the ownage