It didn't have the luxury of bundling its browser on Windows machines. That said, AOL has done very little in terms of updating the Netscape browser. I do understand, though, that an update is in the works. Is AOL having problems executing. Let's answer address the first part of the question.
Portals propagate the whole idea of creating communities among perfect strangers.
Yes I do. News Corp. is taking CBS' strategy of leveraging advertising inventories in exchange for equity stakes. It's a cheap way to buy Net companies. You mean the wave of Linux-related IPOs, I expect. But Microsoft has the reputation of being the turtoise in the hare race.