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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. I Know! I Know! by paiute · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it when the Ofice of Homeland Security makes us all standardize on M$ and takes over AOL for the war on terror?

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  2. Or...we could keep the non anonymous spirit going by themusicgod1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    and say to hell with it, we'll all become bar
    codes. i mean really. 6,200,000,000 people...

    according to my calculator sais over
    1 800 000 000 in hex...(but my calculator sucks
    so i could be mistaken in here)

    "hi im $FE10110039 :) a/s/l?"
    and you could add descriptors/last names to make
    the system even more usable...
    "hi i'm FE10110039, decker. i 80386." etc etc.

    and it would give them an excuse to give us barcode tattoos!. imagine how sexy you'd look with one of those.

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  3. trillian! by trupoet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Trillian: http://www.trillian.cc