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

[Jeffery B. Rancier]

Peter, 
Can you subscribe the new group with news.gmane.org?
Jeff

>>>>> "PS" == Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter at jabber.org> writes:

    PS> Folks,

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

    PS> http://www.jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aol-patent/

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

    PS> Thanks.

    PS> Peter

    PS> -- Peter Saint-Andre Jabber Software Foundation
    PS> http://www.jabber.org/people/stpeter.php

    PS> 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.
    >> >
    >> >
    >> >
    >>
    >>
    >> -- sdw at lig.net http://sdw.st Stephen D. Williams 43392 Wayside
    >> Cir,Ashburn,VA 20147-4622 703-724-0118W 703-995-0407Fax Dec2001
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >>
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Thanks,
Jeff
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