Years ago in the pre-Internet era, AOL was the talk of the town, so Microsoft had to copy it with MSN. No money was made; no strategic advantage was gained.

• 在网路刚起飞的年代，人人都谈AOL，因此微软也学著推出了一个叫做MSN的入口网站。当时没有获利，也看不出特别的策略优势。