Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya: So Steve Case announces

Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya
: So Steve Case announces he’s stepping down. YEAH!!!!! Out of town on a rail, bozo! Good riddance! Take your ill-gotten millions and fly off into the sunset!

: I was aggressively unimpressed with Case at the Foursquare conference a few weeks ago.

Sure, he built AOL. But let’s be honest: an idiot could have built AOL. Right time. Right place. Right product. Stupid competition (CompuServe? The Source?)

The shame, the pity, the sin, the tragedy is that he brought down Time Warner in the process and they were stupid enough to be taken down.

In the end, AOL is a company that hates its customers (how long have you spent on hold with them?). AOL is a company that hates its shareholders (and we hate you back!!!!!!!). AOL is a company that hates its customers (look at the advertisers who overspent for underperformance). AOL is a company that hates its employees (how many fired this week?).

AOL is the devil.

Out, out, damned Case!

: Others reserve this bile for Microsoft. Microsoft built real value. AOL built just irritation. Bill Gates is not the devil, folks. Case is.

: More teeth-grinding on the topic below.

4 responses to “Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya: So Steve Case announces”

  1. Richard Bennett Avatar

    You’re 100% right.

  2. Richard Avatar

    It’s too bad alt.aol-sucks is dead. Back, about 4 or 5 years ago, it would have been wonderful to watch them react to this news.

  3. Oliver Avatar

    I tend to think it’s the dead-tree folks at AOL who lost control of the deal. Case may have been the devil, but along with Chairman Bill – they were devils making money and getting subscribers. AOL wasn’t the slam dunk I think you’re making it out to be. Now that they’re the online juggernaut, it’s easy to see their position as inevitable – but it didn’t do that on its own or through blind luck.

  4. Richard Bennett Avatar

    AOL always lied about the number of subscribers it had, and it’s filled more landfills with junk CDs than any five all other companies.
    Case is the only man in America as evil as Steve Jobs.