RSSAOL Loses Executive Behind AIM Triton
By Nate Mook | Published December 2, 2005, 10:13 AM
Chamath Palihapitiya, who took charge of AOL's instant messaging division last year and spearheaded the development of AIM Triton, is leaving the company and plans to join venture capital firm Mayfield Fund next year. AOL has not yet named a successor to fill the position.
Palihapitiya was given control over the largest IM network amid heavy pressure from rivals Microsoft and Yahoo, and inherited a stagnating AIM client. He shifted the focus to promoting AOL content through AIM and turned market share losses into gains. AIM Triton 1.0 launched last week to serve as AOL's new all-in-one communications suite.
if you consider it "bloatware" then go and get the Aim Ad-Hack version of it...then tell us what you think about the program itself. I myself tend to like most of the features and the interface is 10 fold better than the 5.x and older versions. The only major thing i would like to see (re)added in the program though is a "Get File" feature like they had in all previous versions i have had and used
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|Thank Buddha, AIM TRITON really sucks. Froze my computer and I have a ASUS P4 3.2 HT computer.
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|just because you have an "ASUS P4 3.2 HT computer" doesn't mean you excused from crashes or any other computer mishaps for that matter...those specs you provided don't prove anything by themselves...Try to find the real reason it froze your computer and post that on here...maybe you could actually help someone or at least make a valid point
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|All I have to say is, good riddance. AIM Triton sucks! I haven't found anyone that likes it yet...
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|You just found someone who likes it. I've beta tested it and I love it. Tell us here in this little community why it is that you think it sucks and give yourself some credibility.
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|just go woth yahoo. it's just about perfect. AOL has no idea what there doing. AIM was all that was decent with AOL. Sad to see they screwed that up too.
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|I'm sure the millions of AOL users that pay 20 plus dollars a month would beg to differ with that comment...just a thought
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|SKYPE AHOY!
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|When will AOL realize that most people don't want a "communications suite". They want a nice IM program that does exactly what it's supposed to. Nothing more. Same with the web browser. Why do I need a web browser that has a built in HTML editor that is sub par. Why does it need integration with an IM application. Why does it need to sit in my system tray? It's bloatware and this is what AOL is good at
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|AOL Just needs to go out of business...
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|make the old AIM open source ;-p, since it's "obsolete" now right?
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|No, AIM 5.x is still the official Windows 9x product from AOL.
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|Sue him! Its the American Way!
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|tell me...what exactly are they going to sue him over? I'm almost 100% sure he probably signed a nocompete clause somewhere in his contract...and well Mayfield Fund is a venture capital firm like stated above, so probably not much competition in the form of software development there...so what grounds would AOL have to sue him? explain...
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|Triton sucks anyway. Worst IM software ever.
I would rather use two tin cans and a string to talk to someone.
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|You can't use tin anymore, they are aluminum alloy's..
And its "nylon" instead of string now...
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|LOL
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|Anyone who uses Triton is getting it in the behind.
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|Sound familliar? Sega Dreamcast anyone?
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|0.0
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|For those of you that don't know, The Sega President Bernie Stolar quit right before the dreamcast launched.
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|Yeah that does sound familiar...
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|HA!
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|LOL... OOPS!
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