http://www.fastcompany.com/member_recent_content/105886 Member recent activity block for member profile page en http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-608 <p>///Then there were the technology challenges. AOL's sites were written in a proprietary code, Rainman, that was incompatible with standard browsers and search engines. Ad servers couldn't read it either -- one reason ad revenues slumped from $2.6 billion in 2001 to $781 million in 2003. The company would have to invest a fortune in tech upgrades just to get to the starting gate.///</p> <p>This is just pure BS. Which is perpetuates from an article to an article. The saddest part is that AOL execs believe that even today.</p> <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/comment/comment-node-ant-608">read more</a></p> Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:07:07 -0400 Not Disclosed 759796 at http://www.fastcompany.com