Michael Cooney
by
Senior Editor

Microsoft eyeing AOL again

Opinion
Nov 7, 20051 min

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Cue “The Imperial March” from “The Empire Strikes Back”…

The New York Times this morning is reporting that Microsoft is once again giving AOL the eye and is the “front runner” in buying a stake in Grandma’s favorite ISP. Details are scarce but Time Warner execs say talks are “fluid.”

Via My Way News

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Michael Cooney
by
Senior Editor

Michael is a senior editor with Network World focused on deciphering the strategies of many core high-tech vendors such as Cisco, Arista, Juniper, HPE and IBM. Michael has been writing about the industry for more than 33 years and has won coverage awards from ASBPE and FOLIO. He has a BA in Journalism and Technical Writing Certificate from The Pennsylvania State University.

He can be reached at michael_cooney@foundryco.com.

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