How Google Could Overthrow AIM

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How Google Could Overthrow AIM

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 23, 2004 @09:10AM from the defacto-standards dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's an interesting article over at Apple-X.net that speculates on the possibility of an instant-messaging service offered by Google that would be based on the open Jabber protocol. If Jabber was supported by a major company like Google, it could dominate over proprietary services such as AIM or MSN."

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Re:Wha? by bs_testability · 2004-08-23 09:17 · Score: 5, Funny

wouldn't she be excited to change once she hears that a bot will be monitoring the conversation in order to place context sensive ads in the margin?
Re:ICQ by ejaw5 · 2004-08-23 09:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Hey, this what's your ICQ#?

57007188888

How about yours?

16085588888

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Re:Wishful thinking by TopShelf · 2004-08-23 09:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, it fits right in with the Star Wars fanboy-heard-a-rumor story posted earlier today...

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Re:ICQ by Malc · 2004-08-23 09:32 · Score: 5, Funny

ICQ? Listen here kiddo, I'm still upset by these upstart juniors using ntalk and ytalk!
Have we found the missing step 2? by Knight2K · 2004-08-23 09:39 · Score: 5, Funny

1. Pick a popular Internet technology
2. Attach Google's name to it.
3. Profit!!!

Here are a few:

If Google made a MMORPG it would rule the earth!

If Google made a Linux distribution with Spotlight-like search, it would rule the earth!

If Google let me host all my MP3's it would rule the earth!

Seriously though, it might be interesting to have all of my IM history searchable, but I mostly use it for one-off conversations about things of limited importance.

Besides, as general benevolent as Google seems to be, do we really want to route sensitive messages through a central place? Especially with the recent Slashdot articles about VOIP being required to support wire taps. Do we want adwords showing up keyed off of our IM conversations? How could we secure such a system?

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Re:Go Google. by bbk · 2004-08-23 09:40 · Score: 5, Funny

It would be obviously named "Gibba", so when you refer to it you sound like Mr. T.

"I pity the fool who doesn't use Gibba Jabber!"

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Re:Subscribers and Dating by wo1verin3 · 2004-08-23 10:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Let's saying you're dating a new woman or want to date a new woman and she uses a different network

Please, we both know if a your main concern about meeting a significant other is which IM service they use, that both of you are using AOL.
Not a good Idea by mmatloob · 2004-08-23 14:30 · Score: 5, Funny

A GIM (Google Instant Messenger) session Chat Session Google Ads A> Hello. Buy greeting cards! B> How much of Have us do your your homework homework for $5!!! Have you done? ...