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Gareth · 12-10-2005, 23:15

There's an interesting article on BetaNews about MS and Yahoo announcing that as of next year they are going to merge their 2 currently disparate networks, so users of MSN will see their friends who use Yahoo online and vice-versa. It seems this move is partly to combat AOL's dominance, but also to combat Skype and Google Talk.

Personally I think they should have done this years ago. VoIP (although not necessarily through Skype) will, I believe, soon become even more popular than IM. Why type when you can talk?

Link: http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...rks/1129075667

12-10-2005, 23:15	#1
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 51 Posts: 7,101	IM Microsoft & Yahoo to Merge There's an interesting article on BetaNews about MS and Yahoo announcing that as of next year they are going to merge their 2 currently disparate networks, so users of MSN will see their friends who use Yahoo online and vice-versa. It seems this move is partly to combat AOL's dominance, but also to combat Skype and Google Talk. Personally I think they should have done this years ago. VoIP (although not necessarily through Skype) will, I believe, soon become even more popular than IM. Why type when you can talk? Link: http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...rks/1129075667