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Yahoo and Microsoft to Merge Instant Messengers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the instant-gratification dept.

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."

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  1. What incredible innovation! by shma · · Score: 5, Funny


    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.

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  2. Typo by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    1. Re:Typo by 2674 · · Score: 5, Funny

      What do you mean Maybe MS will finally get laid. They have been getting laid for a long while now. Or is screwing someone not the same as getting laid?

    2. Re:Typo by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe MS will finally get laid.

      What do you mean FINALLY? They've been fucking people for years.