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AOL vs. Trillian

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the talk-is-cheap dept.

Trinition writes: "ZDNews is reporting that AOL is once again trying to shut out the competition. Trillian has been updated twice in the past 24 hours to work around the blocks AOL is throwing up to prevent the popular IM client from interoperating with the AOL Instant Messenger service. Will Cerulean Studios hold up better than those they follow in the footsteps of (i.e. Microsoft, AT&T and Jabber)?"

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  1. Re:Are their servers anyway. by liquidsin · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well Microsoft owns the servers that run Hotmail (and Passport, and MSN, and so on) so should they force everyone to use IE to check their Hotmail accounts? AOL lets people use the IM service for free, but they serve up ads to everyone using it. They're just upset that people can use their service without them making ad revenues.

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  2. Re:Are their servers anyway. by Dfiant · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But it's already a free service, and in theaters you get to choose what movie you want to see.

  3. Re:I disagree by aminorex · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    He was referring to Microsoft.

    Bill Gates in real life is very tiny. About the
    size of your *ahem* thingy.

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  4. Why by MO! · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    they spent R&D money developing AIM, testing it,promoting it, upgrading it, etc. why in the hell should they be forced to open it up to people who want to piggyback on it?


    Because they allow me to sign up for a free AIM account. If they wanted to keep it AOL-only, then they would only allow AOL users to have an account. The moment they allowed 3rd party users onto their system, they allowed those same users to use 3rd party clients. Sorry, but they said my account was "Free" - I take that to be ad-free, $-free, and free to use whatever client application I want as long as I don't abuse their servers. The ironic thing is that so many worms, virii, and SPAM originate from AOL users. Their system seems to be more of a security risk than 3rd party IM clients.

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