On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 03:47:43PM -0500, Emswiler, Mike wrote:
> Has anyone tried to actually sue AOL Time Warner for monopolistic practices
> with respect to their Instant Messaging products and tactics?
>
> I mean, with AOL *and* ICQ, and their constant changing of AIM protocol to
> defeat int
From: Adam Theo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 10:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [JDEV] Thoughts on AOL Time Warner (and a legal solution)
"Emswiler, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Has anyone tried to actually sue AOL Ti
In my opinion a legal solution will not be needed if the non-AOL
IM world can do the following:
1. Create and clearly document a simple yet powerful set of standards
that include protocols, semantics, and extention mechanisims.
(I have hopes that IMUnified will be able to do this, but who knows,
"Emswiler, Mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Has anyone tried to actually sue AOL Time Warner for monopolistic
practices with respect to their Instant Messaging products and
tactics?
I mean, with AOL *and* ICQ, and their constant changing of AIM
protocol to defeat interoperability, it
The charter of the Jabber Foundation is to focus on supporting and
facilitating Jabber development. It's not a legal action vehicle. I think
the EFF would be better positioned for doing something like this.
-Original Message-
From: Emswiler, Mike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursd
Traditionally the Jabber project has been quite apolitical with regard to
the IM wars, and lots of us would like to keep it that way. :) But perhaps
we can set up a jabber-politics list on egroups to discuss this kind of
thing :)
Peter
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Emswiler, Mike wrote:
> Has anyone
> Has anyone tried to actually sue AOL Time Warner for
> monopolistic practices
> with respect to their Instant Messaging products and tactics?
>
> I mean, with AOL *and* ICQ, and their constant changing of
> AIM protocol to
> defeat interoperability, it sounds like it would be a sure win.
You
