Just seems to me that the US Patent office is smoking crack with some of the patents they have issued the last few years.....
Shannon On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 20:51, CMB wrote: > Don't see how AOL could do such a thing as back in '86 there existed such > functionality built into mf and unix terminal sessions...you could see who > was online (automate it too) and send and receive messages.... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 5:39 PM > Subject: [brlug-general] Well, there goes the IM neighborhood.. > > > > It would appear that AOL now has a patent on IM and presence technology: > > > > http://www.jabber.org/aol-patent/jsf-position.php > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net -- Shannon Roddy __________________________________________________________________ Systems Administrator California Institute of Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED] LIGO Livingston Observatory ph: (225)686-3106 19100 LIGO Lane fx: (225)686-7189 Livingston, LA 70754 Web Page http://www.ligo-la.caltech.edu/~sroddy Calendar/Schedule See Home Page Wireless Email (255 Chars) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
