[IP] Yahoo, Microsoft link IM services
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From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 12, 2005 12:40:29 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Yahoo, Microsoft link IM services
Dave,
Very interesting. The enemy of my enemy is my friend??
Udhay
http://news.com.com/Yahoo%2C+Microsoft+link+IM+services/
2100-1025_3-5893802.html?tag=nl.e498
Yahoo, Microsoft link IM services
By Margaret Kane
Yahoo and Microsoft announced plans Wednesday to make their instant
messaging services interoperable.
Consumers using the Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger programs will be
able to exchange instant messages, see the presence of their
contacts, share emoticons and add friends from either service, the
companies said. Interoperability is expected to kick in during the
second quarter of 2006.
The project will let both companies take on America Online's AOL
Instant Messenger service, or AIM, which dominates the instant
messaging arena. While all three companies have worked together in
the past, most of the progress toward interoperability has been on
the corporate side.
Yahoo and Microsoft said the combined customer base for their two
programs is around 275 million.
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