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0 pointsbluedino10y ago0 comments

It's just a protocol. Like HTTP, FTP...

It's not a client. It's not one companies servers. It's not anything like AOL IM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, PowWow...

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And that is exactly why it's still alive.

lmm10y ago

AIM/ICQ is still alive. Yahoo! Messenger is still alive. MSN Messenger has a migration path to Skype. Doesn't seem like that distinction makes a lot of difference.

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0 pointsbluedino10y ago0 comments

It's just a protocol. Like HTTP, FTP...

It's not a client. It's not one companies servers. It's not anything like AOL IM, ICQ, Yahoo Messenger, PowWow...

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pmlnr10y ago

And that is exactly why it's still alive.

lmm10y ago

AIM/ICQ is still alive. Yahoo! Messenger is still alive. MSN Messenger has a migration path to Skype. Doesn't seem like that distinction makes a lot of difference.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse