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Rex Ballard <rex.ballard@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> AOL has the power to crash Win2k virtual machines
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Now, I hear the chorus typing their hate e-mails... "Why would
>> | anyone run the AOL client inside linux"? Simple: for me it's just
>> | another tool to avoid network congestion. When you connect to AOL
>> | over broadband you setup a VPN to the "AOL cloud" and your AOLc
>> | lient allows navigating from an AOL IP address, thus often helping
>> | bypass local backbone bottlenecks and other nuisances.
>> `----
>
> This does make sense. AOL is trying to make assumptions about the
> modem device, and seems to be trying to install it's own modem drivers.
> I'm surprised that Win4Lin didn't just declare an external modem via
> serial UART or a "smart modem".
>
> Fortunately, Linux users don't need to install AOL client. They can
> use GAIM to chat via AIM, they can use Thunderbird or one of the other
> pop e-mail clients to get e-mail, and they can use the web browser to
> access the web sites.
This single-client thing is silly. Last xmas, my sister and her younger
daughter (15 going on 25) visited from Canada; her daughter was desperate
for MSN messenger access, so I installed Gaim on a couple of PCs here,
and provided her with a login. She was completely happy with it -
no problems at all.
I think GSM phones are becoming ever more popular in Canada now, so SMS
is growing like it did in EU a few years ago.
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