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Yahoo and Microsoft to Merge Instant Messengers
Primotech writes "Betanews has word that Microsoft and Yahoo plan to link their respective IM clients again so that users of both can communicate with each other on one, shared network. Facing threats from third-party applications, like Trillian and Skype, the two tech giants will claim 44% of the instant messaging market, analysts predict. They will also go head to head together with the biggest competitor, AOL."
This merger will only affect those browsing on the intarnet.
Microsoft and Yahoo are set to announce on Wednesday a blockbuster interoperability deal that will reshape the landscape of the fragmented instant messaging market.
I can't wait to message all my friends with gaim to tell them the good news.
I came here for a good argument
I can't believe the editors let this one slip by. Yahoo and MS exchanging massages is big news. Maybe MS will finally get laid.
It's not offtopic, dumbass. It's orthogonal.
I use email. I look at it when I want, I delete it if I am not interested in answering it, I answer it when I want.
Of course no one ever wants to communicate with me anyway. Beer is my only friend and it doesn't do the 'net.
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ya the new os x msn client is great
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it looks so good and [CONNECTION LOST]
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the new msn client is aw[CONNECTION LOST]
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NEW VERSION SUCKS!
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ha.. that one went through
WARNING: the following messages may not have been delivered
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NEW VERSION SUCKS!
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ha.. that one went through
This may also lead to an official MSN Messenger client for Linux (Yahoo already has an official Linux client for a while). This will be good news indeed, since that means things like MSN audio chat will be available for Linux users.
Yeah, just me and some of my friends that are PhDs and also game developers use Yahoo IM. What's your degree in, and who do you work for...? =)
YIM works on the most mobile phones, and it's nice to use with giam if you also use yahoo mail. Also it's not MSN, ha! =)
But Gaim's source is already open !
;)
Oh, wait, I see what you mean
Hurry, While Supplies Last!
I'm Rick James with mod points biatch!
Can we call it a 'Global IM Protocol' ?
:-)
or will the developers of GIMP get annoyed?
----- Concentrate on promoting more than demoting.
it's open source. That means audio support will happen when you stop picking your pud and start writing code.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
you couldn't care less
COULDN'T CARE LESS
Godamn it. I hope you fall down some stairs.
Wow man, that's like poetry.
Is this the worlds first example of a British person not understanding
American sarcasm?
I knew our education system was getting worse but...
If its link, sure that might be ok.
If its merge, this will be the beginning of the end of yahoo. Next will be yahoomail/hotmail.. then more an more until they are absorbed by microsoft.
Is google really hurting yahoo that much to want to sell out to the antichrist?
---- Booth was a patriot ----
AP - Microsoft today agreed to align with, then destroy, competitor Yahoo!
A Microsoft spokesman said that the company would follow its traditional formula
1. Select one of two competitors to align with
2. Use its illegal OS monopoly to destroy both new ally and competitor
3. Laugh while the new ally says "???????"
4. Profit
Microsoft spokesmen, responding to questions, said that the company welcomes praise for this move and hopes that customers will continue to frame discussion of this move in terms of product features and communications glitches between different clients.
We'll have to name it "GIMP Isn't a Messaging Protocol" to prevent confusion. :)
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And digitalsurgeon demonstrates the apparent intelligence of a 4th grader failing English while writing his post. No wonder he's on MSN...
Don't insult the 4th graders, it takes several more years of schooling in America to get that bad at English.
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But 99% of my friends would trash Gaim as soon as they opened it.
It's missing the features that makes msn messenger special, all those neat winks, backgrounds, packages and more. It's what makes it fun for them.
You know, you probably don't want to let on that all your "friends" are 14 year old girls. The FBI usually doesn't look too kindly upon that.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
You know, you probably don't want to let on that all your "friends" are 14 year old girls. The FBI usually doesn't look too kindly upon that.
It's cool if "he" is also a 14 year old girl. But in that case, what is "he" doing reading Slashdot? Everyone knows Slashdot is entirely peopled with ugly nerdy dudes.
-- Dave
Making fun of dumb people since 2009