This got bounced from the list, but I think it a worthwhile
contribution.-- Ed Craig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Taxi (I need an income) GNU/Linux (I can afford a Free OS) Think this through with me, let me know your mind... Hunter/Garcia ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: AIM on Linux To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Miller) Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:45:37 -0700 (PDT) Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL0pre8] Actually, I got the software right off www.aol.com. They have done the port to linux (several flavors) themselves! annee Bob Miller is thinking... | |This week our nieces are staying with us. They're teens, and they |really, really like chat. AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), to be precise. | |Anne and I installed AIM on two Windows boxes for them so they can |talk with their friends on the east coast. Then Anne googled for an |AIM client for Linux. She found one (aim.sourceforge.net, I think). |Installed it, and it came right up. Lauren was happily typing, "hey", |"whatz happenin" and "nuthin" a few seconds after the download |finished. | |I have a really good feeling about Linux going mainstream on the |desktop over the next few months. Really good. | |-- |Bob Miller K<bob> |kbobsoft software consulting |http://kbobsoft.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anne Eagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
