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Post #69,634
by Yendor
12/18/02 12:14:38 PM
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New Heh...How about this irony...
With the patent, AOL could technically sue rival instant messaging services for infringement backed by the argument spelled out in the patent.
Link this with...
Uh...what about IRC? Was around long before ICQ. And UNIX for that matter...could finger user (see if they're online) and talk user (chat) long, long ago.
...And all of a sudden you've got Microsoft using UNIX-based tools to defend itself against a patent-infringement lawsuit.
-YendorMike

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Post #69,640
by Steve Lowe
12/18/02 12:42:08 PM
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New shhhh
"...And all of a sudden you've got Microsoft using UNIX-based tools to defend itself against a patent-infringement lawsuit."

Don't say that too loud...someone might be listening!
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Steve
     AOL patents Instant Messaging - (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

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