"Google could pick up AOL Mail and AIM, maybe MapQuest, incorporating them into existing assets. Microsoft might even put in a bid." Really? Why on earth would

"Google could pick up AOL Mail and AIM, maybe MapQuest, incorporating them into existing assets. Microsoft might even put in a bid." Really? Why on earth would Google want AOL Mail? I can't imagine that they want the code, and the users don't sound attractive, either. "We've built the best, fastest, smartest, most customizable web mail service on the planet. Now where can we get some users who haven't bothered to move off dial-up? They probably won't send all-caps emails to our support people or anything, right?"