[Gllug] AOL and AIM

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:53:02PM +0100, matthew at thenut.demon.co.uk wrote:
> I got a message this morning, when I connected to AIM through jabber:
> 
> <AOLInstantMessenger> You have been disconnected from the AOL Instant
> Message Service (SM) for accessing the AOL network using unauthorized
> software.  You can download a FREE, fully featured, and authorized
> client, here http://www.aol.com/aim/download2.html.
> 
> Funny thing is, on http://aim.aol.com/openim/ they claim: 
>       Over the past two years, we have participated in industry
>       discussions through the IETF about how to achieve the goal of
>       interoperability among instant messaging networks.
> 
> Anyone had similar experiences with GAIM et al or just feel like
> moaning about another crappy EvilEmpire(TM) company?

Sorry I'm not an IM fan so this may be naive:
*Why* do they want you to use their s/ware ? Does it matter ?
Have they got hooks in their stuff that snoops on what you are doing
or forces you to read adverts ?

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Alain Williams

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