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

[Nathan J. Mehl]

In the immortal words of Van Gale (vangale at fastmail.fm):
> 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.

zephyr.

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