AOL buys Bebo

[Eidolon]

I just hope they don't screw up this social network web site hosting as per when they brought Netscape...

AOL acquires Bebo social network
Bebo has 40 million members worldwide
Time Warner's AOL internet division is buying the social networking web site hosting Bebo for $850m (£417m) in cash.
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7294174.stm

[paul]

It's big deal, bebo is considered to be second largest social network after facebook.

[Ben]

Now that's something you don't hear everyday!! AOL is known for rubbish broadband service, so hope to god they don't do the same to Bebo (in terms of closing the web site hosting down or whatever). And yeah, I remember when they stopped Netscape (wasn't a bad browser at all, actually).

[WelshTom]

Bebo sucks anyway; infact most social networking website hostings do.

[paul]

Yep, generally the companies executives clash over such acquisition that which company's culture would rule? that could be one of the reason it seems bebo may be ruined too like what AOL done with netscape.

[DPS Computing]

Thank god they left Facebook alone......

[paul]

I think they left facebook for google, to take over.

[DPS Computing]

Originally Posted by paul

I think they left facebook for google, to take over.

I won't complain about that - or at least I will complain less cos it keeps it out of the hands of AOL!

Everything AOL touches seems to turn to, well, I'll let you fill in the missing four letter word .