[CLUE-Talk] [Fwd: AOL (ugh) Instant Messaging]

[Lynn Danielson]

Steve Ekwall wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> just a quick question (newbie here - haven't checked the archives)
> 
>  I just read in the Rocky Mountain News (sept 19, 00, pg38A/_39A_):
> 
> <quote>
> "..In fact, some users of Linux, a free operating system that competes
> with Microsoft Windows, say they currently are able to send instant
> messages to AOL users.  AOL didn't respond to queries about the Linux
> users' claims. <br>
>   In September 1998, AOL posted on the Web its technical
> specifications for how to write a Linux program that works with
> AOL's message system. AOL ~removed~ the posting in July 1999, when
> the battle over instant messaging began to heat up.  AOL says it
> took it down because it was being used commercially instead of by
> computer hobbyists......."
> <END quote>
> 
> Question is this still available?  .. is it under some prog. name on
> my current Caldera Linux 2.3 CD files?  or RedHat 6.1 ??
> 
> Thanks for your replies
> -=se=-