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AOL Won't Enable Instant Messaging Interoperability

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the walled-garden dept.

chill writes "Wired is reporting 'America Online is scaling back efforts to make its popular instant messaging system work with rivals, saying the task has proven too difficult and expensive.' That's funny, they don't seem to have a problem blocking anyone who figures out how to interoperate. Legally, they are not supposed to offer "next gen" IM over Time Warner's cable lines until they can interoperate. We shall see."

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  1. Sniff :| by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the Gaim is over?

  2. How to piss off your programmers... by swingkid · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...tell the world that you think a trivial task that others have already done is too difficult for your own employees to do.