> AOL was spun off from Time Warner six years ago into an independent company.
AOL owned 55% of TW. Did TW spin off AOL or did AOL, acting as the controlling entity of TW, spin off a dying product they called AOL.
It's been millennia (in net years) since I first logged into Slashdot and it seems somehow longer since I last posted. There was a time when I couldn't help but check Slashdot every 15 minutes for the latest news. Slashdot has been a significant presence in my life. This is where I learned the about the attacks on that morning of 9/11/2001.
Rob created something wonderful for us online that has often been copied but rarely done as well.
Good luck and good life to you CmdrTaco.
Chase
...when fits of creativity run strong, more than one programmer or writer has been known to abandon the desktop for the more spacious floor. - Fred Brooks, Jr.
