RSSMS Hailstorm on the Horizon
By Aaron Dobbins | Published February 15, 2001, 1:15 PM
Microsoft is in the works to dent AOL's long time grip on the instant messaging industry with its new strategy and software technologies dubbed Hailstorm. Mary Jo Foley has the scoop over at ZDNet once again, as the Redmon Giant hopes to take instant messaging to the next level, beyond basic chatting. According to her report, MS plans to use its 'Hailstorm' software to transform IM'ing into a multi-functional platform for Internet productivity, with access to e-mail, stock quotes, and calendar functions. The question remains though, as to what Microsoft will add to the picture that isn't already supported by AOL IM, and what will make it so much better. For more information read Mary Jo's article over at ZDNet.
.net blows, but ANYTHING that hurts aol RULES! hehe
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|I want a link to download this thing... better be leaked soon! Anyway AOL IM and Yahoo really do suck! Yahoo has too many adbots and well aol just don't quite do it for me... Also on IM you can mess around with the ini's and get rid of the emmhhhhhh ads soooo im eagerly awaitin the next release and hoping it's gonna be leaked sometime soon!
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|my guess is this is part of their transition plan to .Net.
maybe a merge between netmeeting and messenger which would add video conferencing.
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|well what do you know. just went to the zdnet website and they also say that it's part of the .Net transition.
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|Next year the 3rd generation of GSM phones will be available in Europe.
They will allow even video conferencing and here is probably where this technology will be used.
Fritzly
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|yeah, if the end users are willing to pay 10x what they currently pay for phones to cover the 3G license fees. 3G phones will bomb out, and take a lot of phone companies with it.
Why are we talking about 3G in an IM story?
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