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Could IM Be The Next Step For Google?

Posted by Hemos on from the when-it-happens-it-happens dept.

Rob_Warwick writes "Silicon.com has released an article theorizing that Google might be thinking about releasing an Instant Message client. Between a google_im:// protocol embedded in the Google Desktop Search, and their acquisition of Picasa and their IM client this summer, it almost sounds possible."

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  1. GAIM DOESN"T WORK by bunburyist · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    See, with gaim... I use Suse 9.1 and I've tried like 3 different ways to get the damn thing to install...I figure its just broken. The RPMs have dependencies you can't satisfy because they supposedly conflict with other RPMs and then you can't get all the RPMs you need, the versions don't match...so i was like fuck that! So i decide to compile it!....try to run ./configure and GLIB ISN"T THE RIGHT VERSION, JESUS CHRIST! so i run around looking for GLIB rpms or an update of some sort...only to find that i already have GLIB 2.0 but for some (unknown) reason, the ./configure thingy refuses to acknowledge its presence. "Try using GAIM"...yes...i tried...i failed.