Good news for the Patriot and other crashing political forums - AOL and Microsoft strike a deal that might help
Posted by: Fritz ®

01/05/2005, 12:15:29
The following is an excerpt from the Washington Post:

Software Firm to Pay $750 Million

By Jonathan Krim
Washington Post Staff Writer

Microsoft Corp. agreed to pay $750 million to AOL Time Warner Inc. to drop an antitrust suit against the software giant, in a deal that turns one-time rivals into powerful partners. In addition to settling their legal battle, the two companies -- the world's biggest software maker and the biggest entertainment company -- agreed to collaborate on technology.......

 
 
The following is from TAP:
 
Help is on the way for troubled Forum owners
 
The Assorted Press (TAP)

January 5, 2005 (TAP) -- A deal between AOL and Microsoft means that Liberal Internet political forum owners who feel they have been hacked or their forums tampered with by Conservatives can receive a friendly warning message.

Frustrated forum owners using AOL or Microsoft technology will now hear "You Got Hacked" when unauthorized users cause a crash or tamper with their nonpartisan political forums.

"It used to take days or weeks before I knew that some Conservative from the Right Minds forum was screwing with my nonpartisan forum," said Patriotic Forum founder and owner Mr. O. Contraire. "Now, I'll hear a pleasant voice alerting me to the fact that someone like the notorious Clayton, Jan or Demos has entered my forum through one of our many convenient security holes."

"Nevertheless, the new alert system won't prevent forum crashes", Mr. O. Contraire said, since I still have "no clue" on how to do that.

 

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