[Gllug] AOL and AIM

[Jim Bailey]

This serves nobody not even AOL in the long term. :-(

On Monday, September 3, 2001, at 03:53 PM, matthew at thenut.demon.co.uk 
wrote:

<sympathy>

>
> <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?
>
> Matthew

</sympathy>

Jim
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