http://www.tfug.org/pipermail/tfug/2002-July/001850.html
Actually, there is an AOL Linux client that will be released (supposedly).
The Sony PlayStation2 has a Linux dev environment available for it, and
AOL has used it to port their wares to the PS2 for its upcoming broadband
release. I don't have the links for this, but do a search on Google for
"linux ` ps2 `
aol" and I'm sure you'll find something. Also, there was a
blurb in an issue of OPM (Official PlayStation Magazine) last year about
it. It might have been cancelled now, but it was at least something they
were able to show off at the last Japanese E3-type show (it was in Feb or
Jan).
This project is meant to allow Linux (and other open source users) to use AOL's services as a full member. However, I would like to state that the main project manager doesn't work for AOL and doesn't have access to any of the AOL source code.