[JDEV] Slashdot article on IM Bots patent

[Ben Schumacher]

On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> The scary thing is, these people were actively applying their technology
> to use over Jabber at one point (not sure if they still are) -- talk about
> bad faith.
>
> Peter

/me is pretty sure that ChatBot would serve as prior art -- if it was
built before August of 2000 (which I believe it was).

Cheers,

bs.