On 3 Feb 2002 07:17:25 GMT, DeMoN LaG <n@a> wrote: >Travis Crump <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED], on 03 Feb 2002: > >> The >> argument could even be made that clients like Everybuddy are adding >> value to AOL's network by allowing their client's users to connect >> with more people... > >Sure, you could make that argument. You could also argue that me >downloading pirated, cracked versions of Windows XP is helping Microsoft >sales because if I had a new OS I'd want to buy new software from MS to >run on it. Doesn't matter though. AOL owns the network, they own the >servers, they own the right to say "Heck no, your client is no longer >allowed to use our network!" I don't understand the controversy over >this. MS does the same thing with Hotmail's proprietary interface, and >with MSN Messanger, why doesn't anyone complain about that?
I don't complain about it. I just don't use it.
