Uhh, the TERRIBLE browser you HAVE to keep open or else it disconnects you? The borderline felonious billing scheme? The spyware you have to keep installed for the afrementioned browser to work? The SP@M? The steadily degrading quality of the service? The myriad of other things that make everyone say how terrible it is and continues to be?
I remember when AOL had 2.0 out people were able to connect to AOL with out needing it's software. Just had to install AOL then copy a few files from it to a diffrent directory then uninstall AOL. Then you had to use some sort of dialer that letted you dial out from the PC.
The reason why they care for the OS is because their techsupport and crap. But then again if you know how to run linux I dout you would run into problems in AOL. Also they would have to release it as source. Binary is only good for surtin distros. Then again if they made it work within say /usr then it will work fine.
If you forget about the fact that it uses a seperate program to dial, it's an OK ISP.
I got *perfect connections* when I used to use it. I can't see what the fuck you people are talking about. You all sound like Macintosh users talking about Windows.
Perfect dial-up connections yes.... I did achieve max speeds of the modems/phone line. And there was usually a good amount of uptime for staying online, then again the last few versions started having some auto redial thing, which sometimes never worked.... it would dial the number, say it's connecting, then just disconnect.
Uhh, the TERRIBLE browser you HAVE to keep open or else it disconnects you? The borderline felonious billing scheme? The spyware you have to keep installed for the afrementioned browser to work? The SP@M? The steadily degrading quality of the service? The myriad of other things that make everyone say how terrible it is and continues to be?
The reason why they care for the OS is because their techsupport and crap. But then again if you know how to run linux I dout you would run into problems in AOL. Also they would have to release it as source. Binary is only good for surtin distros. Then again if they made it work within say /usr then it will work fine.
Your right about tech support..... I have been forced by my parents to call them when something goes wrong from time to time. Their solution to everything is to un install aol and re-install (which naturally I've done 100 times before calling them). Also.. whenever I mention having NT 4 and 6.0, they say that's not possible and tell me to remove it and install 5. For some reason I've never been partial to the odd numbers... (except 3) other then that, I went from 4 right to 6, I skipped 7, I went to 8.
My dell came with 9, which I hated. XP and AOL don't mix. Aol broke at least twice, and no matter what would happen, it would not work after a reinstall. The AOL connectivity services crap would ask to be installed every time AOL was turned on, and then it would say you need to restart, then it asks again, and if you say no to installing it (it's already there... REALLY I SWEAR IT'S ALREADY THERE) aol just turns off. I formatted once because of aol, then again I don't regret that, as I fully wiped out all the crap dell put on my machine, which saved a gig or two. Actually... make that twice, I formatted when I got cable, mainly to get rid of aol, also because the cable guy did something incredibly stupid... he couldn't find my outlook express icon (of course... who the hell wants to use it). So I went to the windows components section (where I made every hidden one show up also). It was checked that it was installed, then he went and unchecked everything and clicked next before I saw him do it.
the last few versions started having some auto redial thing, which sometimes never worked.... it would dial the number, say it's connecting, then just disconnect.
It was really buggy in 8, but worked perfectly in 9.
The AOL connectivity services crap would ask to be installed every time AOL was turned on, and then it would say you need to restart, then it asks again, and if you say no to installing it (it's already there... REALLY I SWEAR IT'S ALREADY THERE) aol just turns off.
An even worse thig happened when I tried to (re?)install 6 on the HP (back when it was running Win95). It asked to install the dial-up networking update. I did, and it rebooted. It finalized some things when it rebooted, and rebooted again. Then, it refinalized the same settings and rebooted again. Then, it refinalized the same settings and rebooted again. Finally, I ended up killing it before it started refinalizing the settings. It worked anyway.
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I think ISP shouldnt care about the client's OS
What he said sums it all up for the most part
Your right about tech support..... I have been forced by my parents to call them when something goes wrong from time to time. Their solution to everything is to un install aol and re-install (which naturally I've done 100 times before calling them). Also.. whenever I mention having NT 4 and 6.0, they say that's not possible and tell me to remove it and install 5. For some reason I've never been partial to the odd numbers... (except 3) other then that, I went from 4 right to 6, I skipped 7, I went to 8.
My dell came with 9, which I hated. XP and AOL don't mix. Aol broke at least twice, and no matter what would happen, it would not work after a reinstall. The AOL connectivity services crap would ask to be installed every time AOL was turned on, and then it would say you need to restart, then it asks again, and if you say no to installing it (it's already there... REALLY I SWEAR IT'S ALREADY THERE) aol just turns off. I formatted once because of aol, then again I don't regret that, as I fully wiped out all the crap dell put on my machine, which saved a gig or two. Actually... make that twice, I formatted when I got cable, mainly to get rid of aol, also because the cable guy did something incredibly stupid... he couldn't find my outlook express icon (of course... who the hell wants to use it). So I went to the windows components section (where I made every hidden one show up also). It was checked that it was installed, then he went and unchecked everything and clicked next before I saw him do it.
I see, they don't allow me to use linux...
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And that is the violation of their EULA
An even worse thig happened when I tried to (re?)install 6 on the HP (back when it was running Win95). It asked to install the dial-up networking update. I did, and it rebooted. It finalized some things when it rebooted, and rebooted again. Then, it refinalized the same settings and rebooted again. Then, it refinalized the same settings and rebooted again. Finally, I ended up killing it before it started refinalizing the settings. It worked anyway.