The chess servers have been doing something similar to that (automatic notification of when people you are interested in show up) at least since the mid-90's.
I highly doubt that it was original even then.
Cheers,
Ben
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- (Steve Lowe)
- (12)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 11:38:35 AM EST
Bah!
- (Yendor)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 12:04:49 PM EST
even existed in the days of BBSes
- (SpiceWare)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 12:11:00 PM EST
Heh...How about this irony...
- (Yendor)
- (1)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 12:14:38 PM EST
shhhh
- (Steve Lowe)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 12:42:08 PM EST
What about Novell and message?
- (folkert)
- (3)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 04:17:26 PM EST
talk goes back to the seventies(core nix app)
-NT
- (boxley)
- (2)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 05:05:37 PM EST
As the commercial goes...
- (folkert)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 05:28:19 PM EST
Had it on IBM CP/67-CMS back in late 60's too.
- (a6l6e6x)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 05:42:52 PM EST
can they be sued for infringement of public domaine software
- (boxley)
- (3)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 05:12:59 PM EST
Probably not.
- (a6l6e6x)
- (2)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 05:59:46 PM EST
talk does that using /etc/passwd
- (boxley)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 06:23:41 PM EST
That is still not new
- (ben_tilly)
- Dec. 18, 2002, 07:03:33 PM EST