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by JohnFen 1177 days ago
> Anyone ever heard of AOL? Are they dead?

I think that when people say "dead" in this context, they aren't really meaning "out of business". They're meaning "no longer relevant".

AOL, as well as IBM, are both still doing pretty good business, but in terms of relevancy (at least culturally), they are both pretty dead. Neither can move markets. They are shadows of their former selves.