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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by NikePenguin,Aug 24 2005, 01:31 PM
More options is always good.
I'm not sure I agree. MSN, Yahoo, AOL, and ICQ are already well entrenched. Is there a real benefit to a 5th major IM network? I don't think so.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 09:34 AM
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You can use Google chat with a jabber compatible client
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Aug 25 2005, 12:33 PM
I'm not sure I agree. MSN, Yahoo, AOL, and ICQ are already well entrenched. Is there a real benefit to a 5th major IM network? I don't think so.


However... if this
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05082...m?ref=foolwatch
is true, Google Talk can become a major threat to the other providers.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by PeaceLove&S2K,Aug 25 2005, 01:05 PM


However... if this
http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2005/mft05082...m?ref=foolwatch
is true, Google Talk can become a major threat to the other providers.
There are clients that do this today. MSN, AOL, and Yahoo have all been very restrictive in allowing other clients to connect to their servers.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 12:06 PM
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Apple played it smart (for once) and leveraged AOL's power and used AIM
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly,Aug 25 2005, 10:33 AM
I'm not sure I agree. MSN, Yahoo, AOL, and ICQ are already well entrenched. Is there a real benefit to a 5th major IM network? I don't think so.
Yes. Just added insurance that they will all continue to innovate and provide service for free.
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mikes2k,Aug 25 2005, 10:34 AM
You can use Google chat with a jabber compatible client
this is very cool
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 06:00 AM
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Originally Posted by wicky,Aug 26 2005, 01:42 AM
this is very cool
Look me up sometime bigboy!
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 08:14 AM
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okay. I don't have it on linux, but next I'm on my slaptop I will. sexy boy.
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Old Aug 26, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by wicky,Aug 26 2005, 12:14 PM
okay. I don't have it on linux, but next I'm on my slaptop I will. sexy boy.
I it when you talk to me like that!
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