[NTLUG:Discuss] Fear and Loathing in Redmond...

[MadHat]

At 02:07 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>That sucks, do you think that is really going to be a problem?  As you can 
>see, I use hotmail because it's conveniant and messenger tells me when i 
>have mail.  is there a comparable service in windows that isn't microsoft, 
>or am I stuck because it's the only one available that offers such a service?

Yahoo!


>-Micky
>
>>From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne at localhost.brownes.org>
>>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>>Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Fear and Loathing in Redmond...
>>Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 00:18:14 -0500
>>
>>The following just came across the LPI mailing list; apparently Microsoft
>>is claiming that anything that is transmitted through one of their
>>services will be treated as being "Copyright Microsoft."
>>
>>- If you send a business plan via Hotmail?  Microsoft owns it.
>>
>>- If you send love notes to a significant other?  Microsoft has the right
>>   to republish, publicly display, transfer, or sell such communication.
>>
>>Gotta love it...
>>------- Forwarded Message
>>Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 00:15:54 -0400 (EDT)
>>From: Chuck Mead <csm at MoonGroup.com>
>>To: LPI Discuss <lpi-discuss at lpi.org>
>>Subject: [OT] Microsoft should be feared and despised!
>>Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0104030010500.31399-100000 at gateway.moongroup.org>
>>
>>Warning... if you subscribe to this list using an email account which
>>originates on a Microsoft service of any kind I will be asking the LPI
>>board to consider blocking all electronic correspondence which
>>originates from or is destined for any Microsoft provided service. THIS
>>IS NOT SOME KIND OF APRIL FOOLS JOKE! It's serious so please take it
>>seriously. This means, at least, hotmail, msn, and microsoft.com. What
>>am I missing? If you don't understand what I'm talking about please take
>>a few minutes and go read the article at the link.
>>
>>http://www.moongroup.com/stories.php?story=01/04/02/0156291
>>- --
>>Chuck Mead, csm -AT- moongroup.com, Owner, MoonGroup.com
>>(Note: html formatted email sent to me is filtered & deleted unread)
>>GnuPG Public Key Available: http://wwwkeys.us.pgp.net
>>------- End of Forwarded Message
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