Yahoo, Microsoft link IM services

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay () pobox com>
Date: October 12, 2005 12:40:29 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
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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