-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday December 17, 2002 02:00, Dougal Campbell wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2002, Trent Melcher wrote: > > I thought this would be interesting reading. > > > > > > http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1023-978234.html?type=pt&part=msnbc&tag > >=alert&form=feed&subj=cnetnews > > Without seeing the actual patent application, I'll toss out the prior > art of using "finger" for presence notification, and the "talk" program > for instant messages.
Finger is tied to a specific node on the network, though. The patent talks about not being tied to one computer on the network. - -- Neil Stevens - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The nearest I can make it out, 'Love your Enemies' means, 'Hate your Friends'." - Benjamin Franklin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9/6szf7mnligQOmERAn8IAKCiGJIyBIxFSHUJLMun6WI1zAl1kACghUFc Hz+uhvfyPnRUwxpzvGoji+Y= =nHH7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ jdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.jabber.org/listinfo/jdev
