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On 1/31/02 12:20, "Russ Kirkpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If they don't get the advertising fees, how will they pay for
> operating the servers? 'Out of the goodness of my heart' doesn't
> work for any of us ... why is it supposed to work for AOL?
This is why AOL crippled toc. If you want all the features that AIM can
provide, such as file transfer, you have to use the ad-revenue-generating
AOL AIM client. Or you can use an unobtrusive, non-file-transferring
third-party client.
> As long as fire is a minor drain on their user statistics (on which their fee
> structure to advertisers is based), and/or it's completely transparent to
> them, it'll probably not be worth devoting resources to eradicating (my hope,
> anyway). If it gets as big as Trillian did, I expect we'll get 'noticed'.
No, Trillian got noticed because they hacked the Oscar protocol. AOL was
ordered by the FCC to provide interoperability, which they did through the
toc protocol. If they start blocking toc clients, they're going to be held
in contempt of court.
Colter
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