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

[Peter Saint-Andre]

Folks,

We've got a dedicated mailing list on this topic: <aol-patent at jabber.org>. 
You can sign up here:

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Please let's not consume further JDEV bandwidth on this issue.

Thanks.

Peter

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Peter Saint-Andre
Jabber Software Foundation
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Stephen D. Williams wrote:

> Definitely not before 1996.  They were immitating AOL Buddylist as far 
> as I know, but open to anyone not just AOL Online service users.
> 
> The closest thing I know of was Zephyr.  Most other systems were either 
> polling or scoped only to one system.
> 
> sdw
> 
> Larry Cannell wrote:
> 
> > > I do believe ICQ was available by at least 1990, maybe sooner. 
> >  
> > Is this in Internet years? :-)
> >  
> > From http://www.icq.com/company/about.html
> >
> >     In November 1996, only four months after the establishment of
> >     Mirabilis, the first version of the ICQ ("I Seek You") product was
> >     deployed over the Internet.
> >
> >  
> >  
> 
> 
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