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The Business of Instant Messaging

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the jabber-is-free dept.

willll writes "The Washington Post is running a story about how AOL plans to make money from Instant Messaging, one of the few successes in recent times for AOL. This article includes plans for corporate versions of AIM as well as discussion on some of the state on instant messaging."

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  1. Jabber, the linux of IMing by cybergeak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think the subject says it all, everyone feels open source is more secure, while that my or my not be the case, this arugment will have all slashdoters praising jabber as the free, and secure alternative for coperations and home users alike.

  2. UNPLUG ME PLEASE! by (1337)+God · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. BETWEEN A CELLPHONE, TELEPHONE, EMAIL, AND INSTANT MESSENGER, I AM ALWAYS EXPECTED TO BE AT EVERYONE'S BECK AND CALL 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK.

    I DON'T WANT TO BE A CORPORATE SLAVE ANYMORE. GOD, MY JOB IS BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT THE BOSS KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING ONLINE AND HAVING A WAY TO REACH ME INSTANTLY.

    SAY NO TO INSTANT MESSAGING PLEASE. IT WILL HELP US ALL, AS TECH WORKS, SAVE OUR SANITY. WE HAVE *LIVES* AT STAKE HERE!

    --

    Background: 28/M/Bi-Sexual; Owner of a Linux company; MBA Harvard 2003; B.S. Comp Sci MIT 2000
  3. Trillian Pro by PepperedApple · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Here is a description of what trillian offers people who pay.

  4. Re:hrmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No, she is not free. You have to watch her banner ads, and endure her spam in order to use her. It's in her EULA.

  5. Re:Isnt it funny by letxa2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    AIM basically took the same concept and simplified it, taking some of the unnecessary components out and adding something here and there.

    Yeah, like adding advertisements. :( That's why when I was on Windows I always used to use Miranda. Nice, clean, IMing with various protocols in a small, tight package and no ads. Of course, I'm on Linux now: Yeah Kopete!