Didn't there used to be some ICQ like program called Pow-Wow? I can't remember if it pre-dated ICQ or not.
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Everland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:28 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: AOL patents instant messaging That's who they secured the patent through. It wasn't aol who received the patent it was ICQ whom they had purchased. Robert Everland III Web Developer Extraordinaire Dixon Ticonderoga Company http://www.dixonusa.com -----Original Message----- From: jon hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:05 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: AOL patents instant messaging Whatever...I remember using irc way before ICQ ever came out. Hell, how has the unix talk command been around? -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, December 18, 2002, 9:12:49 AM, you wrote: HH> In other news...Time Warner has submitted a patent for air.... HH> ================================================== HH> Dec. 17 - America Online has quietly secured a patent that could HH> potentially shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging HH> software. The patent, filed in September this year, grants AOL HH> instant messaging subsidiary ICQ rights as the inventor of the HH> popular IM Internet application. The patent covers anything HH> resembling a network that allows multiple users to see when other HH> users are present and then to communicate with them. HH> http://www.msnbc.com/news/848770.asp?0dm=C14KT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
