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"SPY WHO MESSAGED ME" -- NOW PLAYING AT MICROSOFT! In the middle of the Microsoft-AOL battle over Microsoft's attempt to clone AOL's Instant Messaging system (which allows users to chat over the Internet), an unidentified "overpassionate" Microsoft employee has embarrassed the company by getting caught in a little industrial espionage. The rogue spy, whom Microsoft has acknowledged to be almost certainly one of its employees, falsely alleged in a message sent under a bogus identity that the AOL program contains an error responsible for creating a security vulnerability. (New York Times 13 Aug 99) <http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/biztech/articles/13soft.html> <http://www.newsscan.com> janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>