Jason Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 02 Feb 2002:
> applications to undermine their system? They have created their own > IM network, and I think that they have the right to ask users to > use the AOL software. I don't think it's anti-competitive. I agree entirely. I think they could strike a deal with some client makers like Trillian, and say "Hey, you guys can freeload, but you can't give people the software for free and not have ads in it and so we get no money and higher operating costs on it". Either Trillian's makers have to pay $xxx per month or something as a "licensing fee", or they have to run ads for AOL in their software, like AOL has in it's software -- ICQ: N/A (temporarily) AIM: FlyersR1 9 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ = m
