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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. Re:Jabber? Try SIMPLE. by The+Rogue86 · · Score: 0, Troll

    yea real simple if you run Win XP. how about for those of us who just want to live in the past and refuse to *upgrade* (or was it down grade) to XP.

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  2. Re:it's called TRILLIAN! by snake_dad · · Score: 0, Troll

    Athlon 1GHz, 512Mb, Geforce3, cable, win98. Railgun efficiency drops from 25-30 to (sometimes even less then) 10%. In online instagib matches that's enough to loose from newbies. Kill Trillian and I start hitting people again. Maybe it's the Trillian skin I use.

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