well, considering the FCC changed it's mind and said that AOL doesn't have to provide an open IM network, is it really all that surprising that Microsoft decides to close it's network?
Hardly - at least not without facing a contempt citation. Once you've received a subpoena, you're required to preserve the target of the subpoena, even if you're moving to quash it, until a final judgment is entered on any appeals.
Just what we need...another group of idiots trying to 'fundamentally change' things. I believe the IETF would be the appropriate place for changing things...
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well, considering the FCC changed it's mind and said that AOL doesn't have to provide an open IM network, is it really all that surprising that Microsoft decides to close it's network?
Hardly - at least not without facing a contempt citation. Once you've received a subpoena, you're required to preserve the target of the subpoena, even if you're moving to quash it, until a final judgment is entered on any appeals.
Just what we need...another group of idiots trying to 'fundamentally change' things. I believe the IETF would be the appropriate place for changing things...
2795 was one of my favorites: The Infinite Monkey Protocol Suite (IMPS)
you can't be serious...Jurassic Park???
when it would cost me just as much as Exchange and doesn't provide all the functionality.