Folks, We've got a dedicated mailing list on this topic: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. You can sign up here:
http://www.jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aol-patent/ Please let's not consume further JDEV bandwidth on this issue. Thanks. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.php On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Stephen D. Williams wrote: > Definitely not before 1996. They were immitating AOL Buddylist as far > as I know, but open to anyone not just AOL Online service users. > > The closest thing I know of was Zephyr. Most other systems were either > polling or scoped only to one system. > > sdw > > Larry Cannell wrote: > > > > I do believe ICQ was available by at least 1990, maybe sooner. > > > > Is this in Internet years? :-) > > > > From http://www.icq.com/company/about.html > > > > In November 1996, only four months after the establishment of > > Mirabilis, the first version of the ICQ ("I Seek You") product was > > deployed over the Internet. > > > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sdw.st > Stephen D. Williams 43392 Wayside Cir,Ashburn,VA 20147-4622 > 703-724-0118W 703-995-0407Fax Dec2001 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > jdev mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev > _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
