Is this a joke?

Robert Harley (Robert.Harley@inria.fr)
Tue, 5 Jan 1999 09:55:07 +0100 (MET)


Found on /.:

http://www.thestandard.com/articles/display/0,1449,3039,00.html?home.bf

AOL is suing AT&T claiming that the phrase "You have mail" is proprietary.

WTF?

Luckily:

>A federal district court judge in Virginia rejected AOL's
>request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary
>injunction barring AT&T's Internet service from using
>that phrase to tell subscribers they have e-mail.