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AOL Adopting Jabber (XMPP)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sharing-your-toys dept.

sander writes to tell us that AOL seems to have decided to make their AIM and ICQ services compatible with XMPP. A test server is up at xmpp.oscar.aol.com, and while it's still buggy most major Jabber clients seem to work.

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  1. Re:Address format? by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, I have to feel sorry for bob@aol.com.
    I've been using that account for various spammy registrations since 1998.

    3 cheers for Bob!

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  2. Re:Very Newsworthy by risk+one · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they should start distributing a rebranded version of Pidgin as their client. Sort of complete the circle.

  3. Re:Very Newsworthy by mhall119 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they should start distributing a rebranded version of Pidgin as their client. Sort of complete the circle. They can call it Gaim.
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