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Will Instant Messaging Ever Unite?

Posted by Hemos on from the probably-not dept.

scallion writes "An article in Technology Review titled Getting AOL To Talk To MSN points out that currently the world of instant messaging is "as factionalized as Afghanistan," then asks, what will it take to unite all these individual IM networks under one umbrella?"

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  1. AOL vs. Microsoft... by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Hmmm. It's hard to know who to cheer for on this one.

    My choice would be Trillian

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