DeMoN LaG wrote: > > Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 03 Feb 2002: > > > The > > argument could even be made that clients like Everybuddy are adding > > value to AOL's network by allowing their client's users to connect > > with more people... > > Sure, you could make that argument. You could also argue that me > downloading pirated, cracked versions of Windows XP is helping Microsoft > sales because if I had a new OS I'd want to buy new software from MS to > run on it. Doesn't matter though. AOL owns the network, they own the > servers, they own the right to say "Heck no, your client is no longer > allowed to use our network!" I don't understand the controversy over > this. MS does the same thing with Hotmail's proprietary interface, and > with MSN Messanger, why doesn't anyone complain about that? >
Probably because they're not the ones with the... monopoly.
