[JDEV] Thoughts on AOL
James Widman
j-widman at cornellcollege.edu
Tue Jan 8 18:35:40 CST 2002
Thomas Muldowney wrote:
> It is their network, and their resources, and I feel we need to respect
>that.
>
I tend to agree, *but*.... anyone who has an internet connection can
send email to AOL users; anyone can browse through web pages hosted by
AOL; further, AOL/TW would certainly *like* everyone on the internet to
chose the AIM client for their instant messaging needs. It's not like
they're not prepared for a large number connections to Oscar (and
correct me if I'm wrong, but connecting with "unauthorized software" has
never even been a legal issue -- i.e., jabber people didn't get cease &
desist orders, they just got met with unfriendly engineering and IP
blocking, right?).
It's just that they have this crappy double standard about how people
are allowed to use the resources that they already offer up to the
non-paying public, and it seems that a lot of people here (myself
included) are wondering if we should respect *that* at all.
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