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AIM Now (Mostly) Open To Developers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on

gregsblog writes "Today is a historic day at AOL as we announced a software development kit for AOL Instant Messenger. Open AIM will empower you, as the developer, to write custom clients and plugins. For now, lets concentrate on the Open AIM SDK and get into what it can do for you. First, the development kit is written using COM, so plugins and custom clients can be written for Windows in languages like C++, VB, C#, and eventually J-Script. In the near future we will have solutions for LINUX, MAC and Windows Mobile devices. Why is this important? We now have a solution to provide all AIM users and consumers to build their own IM clients and to extend the features of Triton via plugins. Of course all of this is free of charge. How do I get started? Well my team has provided a quick start guide, and tutorials, in addition to numerous coding examples, from the simple to the complex. Our examples are in C++ and C#. What are the limitations? Basically anything goes, with the exception of writing multi-headed clients."

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  1. MAC? by matt4077 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can interface with it on the hardware level? Cool...

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  2. Think they'll offer AIM certifications? by Pocket+PC+Addict · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they'll offer AIM certifications. Like you could be an CACC... Certified AIM coder and configurer. They'll offer classes for $1200 a pop and provide stats on what the average CACCs make each and every year.

    1. Re:Think they'll offer AIM certifications? by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 5, Funny

      I think a more appropriate cerification would be the AIM Registered Systems Engineer.

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  3. MAC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the near future we will have solutions for LINUX, MAC and Windows Mobile devices.

    Wow. That is really cool that they are planning to embed AIM capabilities directly into the Media Access Control sublayer. That should make AIM even more ubiquitous. It's a shame they have no plans to get this AIM SDK up and running on Mac OS X, though.

    BTW, what does "LINUX" stand for? I've never heard of it.

    1. Re:MAC by sydneyfong · · Score: 4, Funny

      Linux Is Not UniX

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    2. Re:MAC by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That would be LWAX. Try again.

  4. Re:That's great but what about step 3? by FST · · Score: 1, Funny

    I fail to see how any corp could be making money out of instant messaging protocols...

    Me too!!!!!!!!

    Sorry.

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  5. Re:Open source is good by ceeam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Verboten? Then I will nicht use it on meinen boxen.

  6. First Step by dJOEK · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is this the first step to a true IM system that is complementary system to email?

    If more IM vendors start opening up (Jabber, my personal favorite, has always been open, ofcourse ;-) ) more developers will integrate IM into their applications. In a few years we should have one dominant protocol, and from then on IM will finally become as transparant as email is now.

    then again i'll be driving with 4 scandily clad girls in my newest lexus besides copacabana beach.

    Still, it's a good fantasy

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  7. Yes... by meringuoid · · Score: 3, Funny
    SMS + IM integration is a gold mine for telcos, and a rogue developer plus a small subscription based website/service can probably pull lower prices. Don't want that happening :)

    Yes, it would be just terrible if something like that were to happen...

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