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Re: ICQ competitor initiatives



Ira Abramov <systemop@yahoo.com> writes:

> after ICGnu and a few commandline ICQ-compatable gadgets, looks like
> there will be a wave of such products... the advertise intentions
> before they have code... for me this spells "we're really pissed at
> Mirabilis"

Another reason: AOL just bought Mirabilis ($287M, announced today),
with an apparent intention (according to reports) "to generate
revenue" from it, so ICQ probably won't stay free much longer...

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Oleg Goldshmidt                 
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