Why wouldn't they just drop their client too? (Score 1)

I mean, why bother developing their own email client software, when there is loads of email clients about that are much better anyway (i.e. Thunderbird).

Maybe this is a part of them moving away from the client altogether, and a move towards just being a normal ISP.

And that would kind of make sense wouldn't it? I mean, why bother with all the whizz bang of you're own client software, and perpetuate a business model that isn't making you money, when you could just use a portal and normal software for a fraction of the price, and follow a business model that other companies are making money with.

If I were a programmer at AOL at the moment, I'd be checking JobServe regularly...