tl;dr Randal Roe, a lawyer who helped define the merger for AOL's side. This is predominantly a comparison of internet (companies) then and now, with some emoti

tl;dr Randal Roe, a lawyer who helped define the merger for AOL's side. This is predominantly a comparison of internet (companies) then and now, with some emotional color of the deal itself. He does, though, outline why he thinks AOL initiated and regretted the merger: it hoped to improve advertising of aquired content through the aquired streams, but found it had bought a conglomerate rather than a unified Company. Pretty quick to read: 6 paragraphs.