On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 16:04:53 -0500, Bill Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is 
alleged to have written:
>
>In V102 #81 "Mike O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>Probably an "artifact" of AOL's proprietary "UNIX" derived system.
>
>>Really? They probably have migrated systems, but back in QuantumLink days
>>they were minicomputer or mainframe-based... that was before they started
>>the AOL service, and obviously before they changed their name to AOL, so
>>forgive me if my brain is a little fuzzy on the details.
>
>Hmmm... somewhere in the back of my mind a little man is standing up and
>shouting "I thought AOL got the eWorld look and feel from Apple (and then
>screwed it up)!"
>
Is the little man in the back of your mind perhaps thinking of AppleLink? 
I think QuantumLink ran the AppleLink system for Apple, and used the same 
ideas for AOL.

--Lyle

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