It's as true as it gets lately unfortunately. The article that
Terri sent explains it pretty good. Juno has quietly set this
new TOS and not sent it to anybody. The Juno list that I
am on first discovered it about 2 weeks ago or so. Juno
proposes to download this program (that from all indications
will be similar to Seti@Home)to OUR computers
(OUR being Juno users and the owners of the computers)
and run the program when we are not using OUR computers.
We won't have to be connected to the servers all the time,
but we are supposed to leave the computers on 24/7 to do
this processing as well as let the program connect to Juno's
servers whenever it wants to.
Needless to say, most (if not all) of the people on the Juno list
are outraged with many saying that they will discontinue using
Juno if they go through with this. One guy has even filed a
complaint with the Attorney General in Washington (state).
Personally, my computer will continue to be turned off at night
and when I am not using it. If I get locked out of my Juno
accounts, so be it. I have plenty of other e-mail addresses that
I can use.
Matt
At 2/5/01 6:06:00 PM you wrote:
>Roger,
>
>I check my main "hoax" reference pages and there is no mention of this;
>however, that could be because not many people care about what's printed
>in a Tucson [when are they gonna learn how to spell 2Sahn?] newspaper.
><G>
>
>If you stop and think about it, however, you should be able to see how
>ludicrous the concept is. What on earth would a server site want with
>slow phone connections [they must be connected somehow] at 53,000 bps
>maximum? And the phone bills would be horrid! <G> Far cheaper to buy a
>couple of new servers with a few billion gigabytes of storage at far
>faster speeds.
>
>The moral is this story is: Do Not believe everything you see in a
>newspaper. It is a proven fact that the ratio of idiots writing for
>papers is the same as the ratio of idiots in the general population.
>
>l.d.
>====
>On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 08:34:01 -0500, Roger Turk wrote:
>
>> In this morning's newspaper there was a story that Juno is requiring
>> subscribers to leave their computers on 24-hours a day so that Juno can use
>> the computer when the subscriber isn't. It was described as operating
>> something similar to a screen saver.
>
>> Is this a big Juno joke? Today is February 5, 2001, not April 1st (April
>> Fool's Day) or did the paper run the story almost two months early?
>
>> Any Juno subscribers: Did you get a message from Juno modifying your
>> subscriber agreement?
>
>> Roger Turk
>> Tucson, Arizona USA
