Re: New AOL -- BIG $ Class action Suit

[Deborah Hirshberg <deb@CYBERBOLD.NET>]

If someone is located in Virginia and can obtain the pleadings, I would be 
more
than happy to post them on Federalcourts.com!

Deb

Bil Kellermann wrote:

> My reference to the "registry wars" was one of degree, not kind.  You may
> recall, early releases of Navigator and IE automatically switched default
> registry settings, without telling the user, or giving the typical user any
> means of stopping/correcting this problem absent reloading the browser they
> wanted.  When Navigator or IE was installed through another application
> installation procedure in this manner, much havoc ensued.  Both Netscape and
> MS pointed the finger at each other as "starting" the fight and most of the
> critics/pundits came down against MS.  Now AOL(Netscape)Time Warner, etc.
> looks like they are doing something similar but deeper in the system.
> Wonder where they came up with the idea?
>
> Adding a new network driver shouldn't obviate the old, but could interfere
> with dial-up connections.  Probably not intentional, but who knows?
>
> BTW - I have not looked at AOL since 1994 when I tried a month free trial.
> It was garbage then, IMHO, and is probably still garbage now.
>
> Has anyone put the pleadings for this action on line anywhere?  I haven't
> searched yet, but thought if somebody had they could post a link here.
>
> Bil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Lawson [mailto:elawson@LAWSON-PHILPOT.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 1:41 PM
> To: LAWTECH@MAIL.ABANET.ORG
> Subject: Re: New AOL -- BIG $ Class action Suit
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 2/3/00, 3:17:15 PM, Bil Kellermann <wtk@SUMMATION.COM> wrote
> regarding Re: New AOL -- BIG $ Class action Suit:
>
> > IMHO, this is really just a new twist on the old Netscape - Internet
> > Explorer registry wars.
>
> No, this is much different.
>
>  If you listen to AOL, that's all their supposedly
> > doing (making their app. the registered browser).
>
> Well, if you look at your list of network drivers after installing AOL
> 5, I bet you will find a driver called AOL5. Now why would you need a
> new driver?  Because AOL is not relying on a PPP link for starters.
> In the process, it is doing much more than just changing some defaults
> and registry entries.
>
> So if they are substantially changing system files (which I have been
> told they are) and not telling customers ( a big if as I suspect this
> is described in the install info nobody but geeks read) and it makes
> the customers less functional; then maybe they can be held liable.
>
> Ed Lawson