I agree that AOL was wrong to pull tactics they would surely get Janet Reno to spank Bill for pulling on them. I also feel the fact that a M$ rep had the stones to say that people should have a choice of which IM client they use is laughable.
I'm waiting for an AOL rep to say that IM is an intergral part of their software and the changes were needed to optimize other parts of the system.
I work with M$ software and I find nothing more annoying than the fact that in order to install a service pack to fix the software that should've stayed in Beta another six months I MUST INSTALL IE4. There's freedom of choice for you.
The Tech
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