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  • Microsoft 0wnz U!

    From Stephen Hurd@1:140/17 to All on Sat Nov 6 02:12:35 2004
    Microsoft will now allow you all to use certail protocols if you just sign on the dotted line and admit that you may be using Microsoft IP as follows:
    "This source code may incorporate intellectual property owned by Microsoft Corporation. Our provision of this source code does not include any licenses or any other rights to you under any Microsoft intellectual property. If you would like a license from Microsoft (e.g. to rebrand, redistribute), you need to contact Microsoft directly (send mail to protocol@microsoft.com)."

    Some of the things included in this licence (I'll hit the BBS related highlights):
    DNS
    DHCP
    FTP
    HTTP Authentication (Both Basic and Digest)
    HTTP itself.
    1K XModem
    ANSI terminal emulation
    Kermit
    RS-232 Serial Protocol
    XModem
    YModem
    Zmodem
    YModem-G
    ZModem with Crash Recovery
    Parallel interface
    Gopher
    IPsec
    PPP
    POP3
    rlogin
    SSL
    SLIP
    SCSI
    Telnet
    TCP/IP v4
    TCP/IP v6

    It's avaiable here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/randz/protocol /royalty_free_protocol_license_agreement.asp
    --- SBBSecho 2.10-FreeBSD
    * Origin: FreeBSD Synchronet - telnet://FreeBSD.synchro.net (1:140/17)
  • From mark lewis@1:3634/12 to Stephen Hurd on Mon Nov 8 23:18:00 2004
    Microsoft will now allow you all to use certail protocols if


    OMG! whadda load of bovine feces!! OMG!!

    )\/(ark
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  • From Robert Wolfe@1:3407/4 to Mark Lewis on Wed Nov 17 13:48:58 2004
    Microsoft will now allow you all to use certail protocols if
    OMG! whadda load of bovine feces!! OMG!!

    <ROTFLMAO!> Yet another reason I use a non-Microslut OS 95% of the time (the rest of the time I play NHL 2003 on WinXP Pro MCE <G>)>
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  • From Stephen Hurd@1:140/17 to Robert Wolfe on Wed Nov 17 13:43:41 2004
    Re: Microsoft 0wnz U!
    By: Robert Wolfe to Mark Lewis on Wed Nov 17 2004 13:48:58

    <ROTFLMAO!> Yet another reason I use a non-Microslut OS 95% of the time (th rest of the time I play NHL 2003 on WinXP Pro MCE <G>)>

    You should get a playstation 2 or something. :-)
    --- SBBSecho 2.10-FreeBSD
    * Origin: FreeBSD Synchronet - telnet://FreeBSD.synchro.net (1:140/17)
  • From Robert Wolfe@1:3407/4 to Stephen Hurd on Wed Nov 17 17:13:34 2004
    <ROTFLMAO!> Yet another reason I use a non-Microslut OS 95% of the time (th >> rest of the time I play NHL 2003 on WinXP Pro MCE <G>)>
    You should get a playstation 2 or something. :-)

    <LOL> Nah. I don't play that too much to warrant a dedicated game box :)
    --- BBBS/2 v4.00 MP
    * Origin: Buffalo Online * Lancaster NY * buffalo.sytes.net (1:3407/4)
  • From Stephen Hurd@1:140/17 to Robert Wolfe on Wed Nov 17 16:27:00 2004
    Re: Microsoft 0wnz U!
    By: Robert Wolfe to Stephen Hurd on Wed Nov 17 2004 17:13:34

    <ROTFLMAO!> Yet another reason I use a non-Microslut OS 95% of the time >> rest of the time I play NHL 2003 on WinXP Pro MCE <G>)>
    You should get a playstation 2 or something. :-)

    <LOL> Nah. I don't play that too much to warrant a dedicated game box :)

    They're cheaper than a copy of WinXP Pro though. :-)
    --- SBBSecho 2.10-FreeBSD
    * Origin: FreeBSD Synchronet - telnet://FreeBSD.synchro.net (1:140/17)
  • From Robert Wolfe@1:3407/4 to Stephen Hurd on Wed Nov 17 17:59:16 2004
    Re: Microsoft 0wnz U!
    By: Robert Wolfe to Stephen Hurd on Wed Nov 17 2004 17:13:34
    <ROTFLMAO!> Yet another reason I use a non-Microslut OS 95% of the time >> >> rest of the time I play NHL 2003 on WinXP Pro MCE <G>)>
    You should get a playstation 2 or something. :-)

    <LOL> Nah. I don't play that too much to warrant a dedicated game box :)
    They're cheaper than a copy of WinXP Pro though. :-)

    I'm not going to touch that one ;) Ok, maybe I am ;)

    I just depends on WHERE you get your copy of WinXP :) Then again, I actually BOUGHT my copy of WinXP Pro and eComStation 1.2.
    --- BBBS/2 v4.00 MP
    * Origin: Buffalo Online * Lancaster NY * buffalo.sytes.net (1:3407/4)
  • From John Donohue@1:397/5258 to Stephen Hurd on Tue Mar 22 16:49:36 2005
    <ROTFLMAO!> Yet another reason I use a non-
    Microslut OS 95% of the time (th
    rest of the time I play NHL 2003 on WinXP Pro MCE <G>)>

    You should get a playstation 2 or something. :-)

    Hard to play Zork or Colossal Cave without a keyboard....... ;-)
    or run linux....

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    * Origin: McAllen Memorial Library BBS (1:397/5258)