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AOL Bridges AIM and ICQ

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the three-letter-acronyms dept.

Checkmate3 writes "Looks like AOL has finally made good on plans to integrate ICQ and AIM... eWeek talks about a new version of ICQ which will allow for users to message across the two networks." I have to agree with the sentiments expressed in the article. I can't remember the last time I used ICQ, or even what my number was.

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  1. Need for a standard IM protocol by joshv · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why can't we get one standard IM protocol? IM should work like email. Your ISP provides you with an IM account, just like they provide you an email account. They handle the IM servers for their clients, just like they handle mail servers.

    Come to think of it, you could do this right now. Write an IM client that sends messages via email, using special headers that identify the emails as instant messages. Email for most people these days is nearly instantaneously delivered. I can recall many occasions were a fast email exchange approached the immediacy of IM - why not write a client to automate the process.

    -josh

  2. Re:Miranda by shaklee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    yeah the whole 20kb or so fucktard. get off your pile of shit linux computer and get on windows which requires you turds to have a decent computer.