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Microsoft and Yahoo confirmed this morning that they've reached an agreement to let users of their separate consumer instant-messaging systems send messages to one another, starting next year.
On a conference call this morning, MSN executive Blake Irving declined to say whether Microsoft held any similar discussions with AOL to connect to its instant-messaging service, but he made it clear that now that the Yahoo deal is done, that's what Microsoft is focusing on for the time being, given the complexity of connecting their systems.
The arrangement will also include PC-to-PC voice calling between users of the MSN and Yahoo systems. See this morning's Associated Press story for more background. The companies have been discussing this "in earnest" for about a year, said Dan Rosensweig, Yahoo chief operating officer, on the conference call announcing the deal. "We've always wanted to do this," he said.
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Posted by number.61 at 10/12/05 4:43 p.m.
FINALLY! Now throw AIM into that deal as well, the finally IM can take full advantage of the power it holds. It's time to get on the same playing field for IM. They are all free services, so they wouldn't be losing or winning. Everything would be equal and fair.