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On Thursday, January 31, 2002, at 01:53 PM, Colter Reed wrote:
> 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.
>
Not quite. AOL offered TOC long before having issues with the fcc. The
official deal they made with the fcc is that they are required to
provide interoperability (over oscar) to 2 or more competitors before
they can rollout broadband based services on top of AOL Instant
Messenger.
Now, no one has defined what "braodband based services" on top of an
instant messenger really is.
AOL got off easy and they will only offer interoperability when they are
ready, or they aren't making money or when someone in AOL marketing gets
a clue. Until then, toc it is.
Eric
> Colter
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