Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["K. Jo Garner" <kelly AT metalab.unc.edu>]

My coworkers and I were talking about this yesterday - so I guess that 
tinyMUDs, MOOs, MUSHes and MUCKs will not be counted as previously 
existing and similarly described? Idiots. 

Cheers
Kj

On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Shea Tisdale wrote:

->Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:17:35 -0500
->From: Shea Tisdale <shea AT sheatisdale.com>
->Reply-To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
->To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
->Subject: [internetworkers] AOL granted instant messaging patent
->
->AOL has been granted a patent for instant messaging.
->
->http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/19/internet.aol.reut/index.html
->
->I can't see how the patent office could approve a patent when other instant
->messaging systems clearly existed before hand.  Although when you read the
->patent, it could be describing any number of things, including email - they
->write these things so vague sometimes.
->
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