[JDEV] OT: AOL Patents IM (Patent creates IM wrinkle )

[Andrew Kornak]

IRC?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Carpenter" <timbeau_hk at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <jdev at jabber.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [JDEV] OT: AOL Patents IM (Patent creates IM wrinkle )


> I was using VAXPHONE in 1984...
>
> On 19/12/2002 1:14 am, "Van Gale" <vangale at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> > A lot of the messages I've seen here mention systems in use after 1990.
I
> > do believe ICQ was available by at least 1990, maybe sooner.  I have a
> > 6-digit ICQ number because I started using it then, and I believe it had
> > been available for at least 6 months before.
> >
> > Hopefully someone can come up with something earlier for prior art.
> >
> > Van
> >
> >
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