
                  Operating System Comparisons (2) (Fidonet)

                 Saturday, 28-Aug-1999 to Friday, 03-Sep-1999

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From: David Bowerman                                    28-Aug-99 00:12:03
  To: LEE ARONER                                        28-Aug-99 21:46:02
Subj: Rather Quiet in here...

LEE ARONER wrote in a message to ALL:

 LA> Just to get things going again, what does anyone think of the MS
 LA> attempt to hijack the AOL Instant Messaging system?

Hijack?  In the great tradition of supplying software that emulates the
function of a successful package?  Hardly anything to object to other than the 
probability that Microsoft will grab a large chunk of the instant messaging
market by using their OS as leverage and then promptly make their instant
messaging incompatible with any other.

Regards,
       David

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From: Don Barba                                         28-Aug-99 19:14:00
  To: All                                               30-Aug-99 00:08:29
Subj: RIME Gateway

Hello Folks,

With the permission of your Moderator, this area is now being
distributed via RelayNet(tm) to the RIME BBS's and ISP's around the
world.

Thanks,
-Don-
RelayNet(tm) Administrator
http://www.relaynet.org

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From: LEE ARONER                                        29-Aug-99 09:10:00
  To: DAVID BOWERMAN                                    30-Aug-99 00:08:29
Subj: Rather Quiet in here...

DB> LEE ARONER wrote in a message to ALL:

 LA> Just to get things going again, what does anyone think of the MS
 LA> attempt to hijack the AOL Instant Messaging system?

DB> Hijack?  In the great tradition of supplying software that emulates the
  > function of a successful package?  Hardly anything to object to other than 
the
  > probability that Microsoft will grab a large chunk of the instant
messaging
  > market by using their OS as leverage and then promptly make their instant
  > messaging incompatible with any other.


   Well, of course we know that's what they are planning, this is MS 
   afterall. The game plan is well known.

   I was referring to their piracy of the AOL chat servers and the 
   hijacking of the user passwords...in order to make their system 
   work, MS asks the user for their AOL password and then uses the 
   AOL servers as a relay *for*their*messages*, without 
   authorization from AOL. In the legal industry, they call that: 
   "theft of services". Nothing new for MS though...just SOP.

                                       LRA


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