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AOL vs MSN

by Steve Gibson, Feb 05, 2001 12:58pm PST

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Here's an interesting story about the battle between AOL and MSN in trying to suck up all the poor suckers. Not only battles on the ISP business but MSN is planning on a revamped ICQ/AIM clone (MSN Messenger).

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TO AOL and MSN:

Girls, girls. You're both pretty.

Feb 05, 2001 1:02pm PST

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TO AOL and MSN: Girls, girls. You're both pretty. : Cygnus X-1
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  I dunno... ICQ has been getting pretty chunky lately, if ya know what I mean. : -Panther-
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    thats why i still have ICQ99a it dosent make me any l33t3r, but it dosent eat my resources : tomservo
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      99b here. The pre-aol ICQ is SOO the way to go. : Cygnus X-1
      
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      yeah until the servers cant recognize them anymore anyway. :( by that time ill probably just give in : tomservo
      
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      yeah, I'm sure it wouldn't take much to flip a switch and all of the sudden "non-compliant" ICQ clients ... : Holesinswiss
      
      somehow i doubt that most of the ICQ users send that: "FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST... : tomservo
      
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      could one of you boys hook a brother up? : -Panther-
      
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      icq me tonight some time 6782676 ill send it to yah : tomservo
      
      you're a good man Mr. Servo. : -Panther-
      
      I'll post it on my website after work so everyone can download it (99b, I think)! : timmie
  - o doubt...every version of ICQ since 98a gives me a nice blue screen of death when typing anything longer... : o0JediBeavis0o

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Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST

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  this is supposed to be quite good but I've yet to use it. http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-1... : -Panther-
  - I dont think that has file sharing. Kinda important I would think. : Cygnus X-1

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dosent MSN have MSN Messenger?

Feb 05, 2001 1:00pm PST

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dosent MSN have MSN Messenger? : tomservo
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- Yep. Steve must be behind the times. : bored@work
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  yeah i guess i should include the word revamped in there huh? i said it in my head when i was typing it! : Steve Gibson
  - i demand a shugashack messenger program *ahemcoughcoughhackwheezepokenudge* : tomservo
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    alk to me about Final Fantasy - they are about to make the movie and I am not familar with the game : freddie
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      you don't need to be familiar with the game to watch the movie. : daggah
      
      21 - just wanted to know what it was about from you guys as we are doing some background researh into gam... : freddie

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It's really hard to root for anyone in this battle.

The problem I have with these giant corporate ISP's is that the little Mam and Pop isp's ahave all but disappeared. I used small ones for a long time. Then mine decided to drop dial-up, and I couldn't find another small company to go with, and ended up with Bellsouth.

Once again, corporate america crushes the small businessman...

Feb 05, 2001 1:46pm PST

It's really hard to root for anyone in this battle. The problem I have with these giant corporate ISP'... : x-eyd|mary

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ICQ IS THE WORST PROGRAM IN THE WORLD.

it really is..

Feb 05, 2001 1:41pm PST

ICQ IS THE WORST PROGRAM IN THE WORLD. it really is.. : Cosmicfool

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I heard that the new MSN forces you into using hotmail or something; it's not like POPmail is expensive, but... they want you to pay AND spew ads at the same time. Just like AOL does. I feel for the suckers who have no idea about local ISPs.

Feb 05, 2001 1:30pm PST

I heard that the new MSN forces you into using hotmail or something; it's not like POPmail is expensive, ... : Saeger

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when AIM merges with ICQ i just pray to god they use aim's ui, and not the #17653246566 shitefeatures that come with icq

it just crahes too much, and fucking 5mb download, of which i use mebe 300k of features, and [the worst part] 24mb of memory

MY OPNEGL GAME TAKES UP LESS WITH A 1024x1024 TILED MAP FS

Feb 05, 2001 1:27pm PST

when AIM merges with ICQ i just pray to god they use aim's ui, and not the #17653246566 shitefeatures tha... : fatgraham

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Hopefully GAYol and M$ will start using nukes on each other.

Feb 05, 2001 1:12pm PST

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Hopefully GAYol and M$ will start using nukes on each other. : anon@syr.edu
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- Actually i ammend that, ICQ is still the shit : anon@syr.edu

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But HEY check this out ya'll.

http://www.emphatech.com/index.html

Feb 05, 2001 1:11pm PST

But HEY check this out ya'll. http://www.emphatech.com/index.html : Cygnus X-1

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Evil against evil.

Feb 05, 2001 1:09pm PST

Evil against evil. : dognose

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w00p

Feb 05, 2001 12:59pm PST

w00p : -Panther-