Various instant messaging (IM) products are readily available around the Internet, and because of the wide variety of options, the Internet has the potential to turn into a modern-day tower of Babel, with everyone using different IM products. Programmers, however, are busy working to fix this potential problem with all-in-one software applications that allow users to communicate with friends and colleagues who use different platforms like MSN, AOL and Yahoo.
IM Interoperability: Getting AOL, MSN and Yahoo To Talk
Posted by: Brian R. Hook October 3, 2003 04:11 AMVarious instant messaging (IM) products are readily available around the Internet, and because of the wide variety of options, the Internet has the potential to turn into a modern-day tower of Babel, with everyone using different IM products. Programmers, however, are busy working to fix this potential problem with all-in-one software applications that allow users to communicate with friends and colleagues who use different platforms like MSN, AOL and Yahoo.